"I'm working with a Canon Vixia HG20 HD camcorder, Mac 10.7.1, and iMovie HD 6. The camera is not recognized by iMovie, but I figured that would happen. So I'm left with a bunch of .mts files on the camera. Is there a free tools can help me convert the canon video?"
This article will recommend you some free and great Canon video converter and codecs.
First, Codecs
1: ffdshow is a free media decoder and encoder mainly used for decoding of video in the MPEG-4 ASP and AVC (H.264) formats. It includs an AVCHD decoder and can only used on Windows.
2: CoreAVC is a proprietary codec for decoding the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video format. it supports all H.264 Profiles except for 4:2:2 and 4:4:4. It also can works on Windows.
In fact, if you are not a computer nerd, it may not easy for you to install these codecs. You can consider some free video converter which is easy to use.
Second, Converters
Free Canon AVCHD converter onlie
1:Zamzar is a free web application to AVCHD convert files. It supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. Video formats include: 3g2, 3gp, avi, flv, gvi, m4v, mov, mp4, mpg, rm, rmvb, vob, wmv, avchd.
Tips: The maximum supported amount is 100MB, no batch convert supports.
2:Youconvertit.com is a freeware onlie which can convert avchd files easily. It is a complete conversion, file storage, units conversion Web site allowing Internet users to convert audio video images and documents into an array of formats also sending or delivering file. But the biggest problem is that uploading files to this website is really slow.
3: Movavi is a free and useful application enabling you to convert avchd files from canon both online and offline without downloading anything. It supports batch conversion.
Free Canon AVCHD converter software
1: HandBrake(the most popular freeware)
HandBrake is free to use, simple, getting home movies on to your iPod, mainly designed for DVD user, sometimes can convert AVCHD Lite format to MP4 and MKV(but just tested on OSX )
2: Avidemux(mac/windows) is a free open-source program that can be used to demux and remux the audio and video streams into several different container formats including AVCHD, AVI, MP4, and MKV.(When converting AVCHD Lite .mts files from the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3, the framerate must be manually set to 29.97.)
3: iSquint is a iPod video conversion app for Mac that can convert and import *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.ts, *.mts, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.mod, *.tod, *.3gp2, *.3gpp, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.flv, *f4v, *.amv, *.rm, *.rmm, *.rmvb, *.mkv ,*.avi, *.div, *.divx, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.m4v etc files to iPod Touch MP4 on Mac os x.
4: Video converter is a great Canon AVCHD video converter which supports convert AVCHD to WMV, AVCHD to AVI, MOV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, DV etc for importing to all device and software on Windows 7, vista, xp. Its Mac version is Video Converter Mac.
5: MPEG Streamclip is a free AVCHD video converter and a video editor. You can cut, trim and join movies and convert them between muxed/demuxed formats. Besides, it can also playback video files and transport streams or export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4 files so you can easily import them in DVD authoring tool.
This article will recommend you some free and great Canon video converter and codecs.
First, Codecs
1: ffdshow is a free media decoder and encoder mainly used for decoding of video in the MPEG-4 ASP and AVC (H.264) formats. It includs an AVCHD decoder and can only used on Windows.
2: CoreAVC is a proprietary codec for decoding the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video format. it supports all H.264 Profiles except for 4:2:2 and 4:4:4. It also can works on Windows.
In fact, if you are not a computer nerd, it may not easy for you to install these codecs. You can consider some free video converter which is easy to use.
Second, Converters
Free Canon AVCHD converter onlie
1:Zamzar is a free web application to AVCHD convert files. It supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. Video formats include: 3g2, 3gp, avi, flv, gvi, m4v, mov, mp4, mpg, rm, rmvb, vob, wmv, avchd.
Tips: The maximum supported amount is 100MB, no batch convert supports.
2:Youconvertit.com is a freeware onlie which can convert avchd files easily. It is a complete conversion, file storage, units conversion Web site allowing Internet users to convert audio video images and documents into an array of formats also sending or delivering file. But the biggest problem is that uploading files to this website is really slow.
3: Movavi is a free and useful application enabling you to convert avchd files from canon both online and offline without downloading anything. It supports batch conversion.
Free Canon AVCHD converter software
1: HandBrake(the most popular freeware)
HandBrake is free to use, simple, getting home movies on to your iPod, mainly designed for DVD user, sometimes can convert AVCHD Lite format to MP4 and MKV(but just tested on OSX )
2: Avidemux(mac/windows) is a free open-source program that can be used to demux and remux the audio and video streams into several different container formats including AVCHD, AVI, MP4, and MKV.(When converting AVCHD Lite .mts files from the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3, the framerate must be manually set to 29.97.)
3: iSquint is a iPod video conversion app for Mac that can convert and import *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.ts, *.mts, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.mod, *.tod, *.3gp2, *.3gpp, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.flv, *f4v, *.amv, *.rm, *.rmm, *.rmvb, *.mkv ,*.avi, *.div, *.divx, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.m4v etc files to iPod Touch MP4 on Mac os x.
4: Video converter is a great Canon AVCHD video converter which supports convert AVCHD to WMV, AVCHD to AVI, MOV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, DV etc for importing to all device and software on Windows 7, vista, xp. Its Mac version is Video Converter Mac.
5: MPEG Streamclip is a free AVCHD video converter and a video editor. You can cut, trim and join movies and convert them between muxed/demuxed formats. Besides, it can also playback video files and transport streams or export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4 files so you can easily import them in DVD authoring tool.
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