What SW will play back an MTS file..

slowpoke · 03-02-2008, 7:08 PM

......on my PC?

My PC should be adequate enough to play it back as its pretty quick

**senu** · 03-02-2008, 7:19 PM

Nero Showtime, in its more recent versions. Ver 7 and 8. With ver 8 it is a 3rd party "product" which requires activation and will stop after 30 days if not activated online

The same applies to Nero vision

Win DVD SE ( usually comes with AVCHD camcorders), Power DVD Ultra ( in the non media disabled mode)

Otherwise there are inexpensive codecs which when installed on the system make it possible for more "modest" Players
Sadly, VLC GOM, WMP tend to be unable to cope readily
What I do ( as my system struggles) is to turn them to the more easily playable m2t with no loss in quality and m2t does seem to be more universally playable

slowpoke · 03-02-2008, 7:22 PM

Thanks Senu. I may have to pop over and see you one day to get a few more tips when I get my camcorder!

How do you convert your files by the way?

**senu** · 03-02-2008, 7:30 PM

No worries ,

I work at Slough/ Windsor/ Ascot anyway and may well be able to show you on the laptop

Nero Vision 5 ( that comes with Nero8) is well able to convert to most formats
Otherwise using Vegas 7e or Ver 8 or Ulead Movie Factory 6+ is another method but for now Nero is fairly quick and easy to use

At any rate I only have the Canon HG10 for another week before it goes back so I may not be shooting AVCHD for a while after that!
But it has been a joy to trial.. Sadly the weather continues to limit outdoor opportunities (which is where it shines)

slowpoke · 03-02-2008, 10:09 PM

cheers Senu

So are you telling me you havnt invested in an HD camcorder yet? if not why not?

**senu** · 03-02-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by slowpoke

cheers Senu

So are you telling me you havnt invested in an HD camcorder yet? if not why not?

I do have a Sony HC1 and FX 1 HDV.. which are better than what any current AVCHD camcorder can do. The FX1 more so
I must say that the Canon HV20 (HDV) is very impressive for the money though.
The only advantage of a HDD model would be

Freedom from Real time firewire transfer to PC
No Limitation of 1 hr on recording
No need for "tapes"

Prior to using the HG 10 I would have said.. AVCHD camcorders would struggle for Quality compared to tape of similar cost . In most ways that isn't true any more but the better tape models still handle low light and rapid movt better. In good lighting Video quality is near identical.
Also Not owning a quad core PC with 2Gb of RAM. I find AVCHD is hard work to play and edit ..for now
I would love to have one ( if i could get it for a huge discount) as It really has the fun factor and very impressive HD video quality to match.. just charge the battery and away you go..

FWIW though the HDD and Flash card AVCHD camcorders are aimed squarely at the consumer market and you would be ill advised to use them for a Commercial or Serious project (except as a back up) . This is because these projects can sometimes push camcorders (and their operators) to its limits .. In these instances the consumer oriented roots will become apparent
The little "Videographer friendly" manual features that make a difference are often not present as a typical home user will not be expected to need them
It remains to be seen if they will remain consumer items or aspire to Prosumer/ Semi Pro levels with the appopriate improvements

slowpoke · 04-02-2008, 11:07 AM

Thanks Senu, nice explanation!

electriac · 09-12-2008, 3:05 PM

New 2008.12.09 - MHplay.exe with .mts playback added.
I use this little program (100k) almost to the exclusion of all others to play back audio and video files. Since it is so small I put it on each of my camera chips so I have a MTS compatible player with me at all times.

Info Page and download For MHplay.exe

**senu** · 09-12-2008, 3:48 PM

Looks OK
just make sure you aren't promoting your product : that is called spam ans for a first time poster on a thread last visited 10 months ago it looks suspicions
To any one else download ffdshow and VLC latest version you should be fine

Orwella · 09-12-2008, 4:00 PM

Just download the klite codec pack (google it). It enables you to play almost any media file type including AVCHD.

**senu** · 09-12-2008, 4:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Orwella

Just download the klite codec pack (google it). It enables you to play almost any media file type including AVCHD.

I find it works for some, and with others .. completely messes up the system

So I would perhaps do a system restore point ( or backup ) before installing in case it does the later

jibberish · 10-12-2008, 12:20 AM

Hi

I have a canon HF10 and I'm trying to just play back the AVCHD MTS files. I have installed FFDShow and this does work with Windows Media Player, but.....I can't pause the video or skip forwards / backwards and when the video has finished, I have to go into task manager and kill "wmplayer.exe".

If I try and play the files using VLC, the whole system takes a wobble for a minute or two and I have to kill VLC (which doesn't play at all).

I also struggle to browse the files well using premiere cs4 - preview mode is hideous - very, very slow, jerky, pixelated.

For reference - I'm using:

Quadcore 9450
4GB RAM
Win XP ( I know - but I get nearly 4GB of RAM)
Winfast PX6800LE <-- I think this may be the cause of the bad preview mode in Premiere
Adobe Premiere CS4
Handbrake
Canon HF10

Any advice on quick/easy playback of MTS files would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

Jib

**senu** · 10-12-2008, 2:14 AM

Nero Showtime ( as mentioned in earlier posts)
Part of the Nero suite is a suggestion
Core AVC pro is another it is a very affordable plug in that sometime works better than ff dshow with WPM

FF player is a small program which also uses ffdshow
Media player classic can also make use of fdshow or core AVC pro