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#1

Hello All,

I have been trying to find a way to create DVDs from high definition videos from my camcorder. So far I had no luck. Can anyone help me out here. The files are with extension .MTS & .M2TS

Thanks in advance.

#2

Can you post a short 10 second sample somewhere, so we can check the format?

#3

How do I attach my video file. I am new to linux so I dont know. Pls advice.

#4

Do a search under google for “free video hosting” and find a site there that will host a 10 second video clip for free. Upload your video to the site, and then post here the URL where the video is located.

#5

MTS and M2TS are Transport Streams. I’m not sure if any of the available Linux DVD creation software can handle those. Try ManDVD since it uses mencoder and mencoder can read/encode these streams

#6

Multiboot to Windows and use Edius? Perhaps use Edius in Windows to convert the videos to a format that you can then work with in Linux?

#7

hitechchef wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been trying to find a way to create DVDs from high definition
> videos from my camcorder. So far I had no luck. Can anyone help me out
> here. The files are with extension .MTS & .M2TS
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

One solution is m2tstoavi… but I don’t think it does a
great job… avi.

But it may be hint on what to do.

Requires getting and compiling some programs.

There are probably better solutions out there…

High def is evil… (but you probably already know that
now). For anyone else considering a camcorder… I
have a Sony DCR-SR300… and am quite pleased. Stores
in mpeg2 format. Works well with Linux.

#8

Thank You all for your input. My problem is a regular camcorder doesnot produce DVDs good enough for my TV. Its a 46" LCD. So I have to go with hi-def.
I have Windows to multi-boot on my comp. Its just that I want to make sure of options before I throw windows out of the window.
Anyway, here is the link to sampole video if it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxCd1pVrQrM)

#9

I do all my video editing in Windows, it’s just too painful in Linux. I use VideoReDo a lot, very nice app.
It’s the main reason I keep XP ( and some PC games).My TV tuner is easier to use as well. (Myth TV = too much work :slight_smile: )

#10

hitechchef wrote:
> Thank You all for your input. My problem is a regular camcorder doesnot
> produce DVDs good enough for my TV. Its a 46" LCD. So I have to go with
> hi-def.

???

You might want to try a good upscaling DVD player.

Mine is 46" 1080p as well.

> I have Windows to multi-boot on my comp. Its just that I want to make
> sure of options before I throw windows out of the window.
> Anyway, here is the link to sampole video if it helps.
>
> ‘YouTube - Sample’ (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xxCd1pVrQrM)

High def… youtube… :slight_smile:

#11

[QUOTE=hitechchef;1889454]Anyway, here is the link to sampole video if it helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=(http://www.yourfilelink.com/)
and then look for the browse/upload-file entry/buttons on the lower right of that page. Post the URL here.

#12

Try this link pls. I hope it works

00006.MTS

#13

That is a tricky format to handle. I downloaded it late last night, and observed that mplayer (as packaged by packman) had a problem with the video, but could play the audio.

I noted ffmpeg (with the player “ffplay” ) could play the audio/video. I did get some bad pixilation affects with ffmpeg, but I don’t have a recent version, as I rolled back my ffmpeg to an older version due to a compatibility problem the latest ffmpeg has with kdenlive (as of yesterday 30-Oct). KDENLIVE - Export stays at 0% - openSUSE Forums

I did successfully import the clip into kdenlive, and then export it to a dvd compliant mpeg file, … but it had very pad pixilation effects.

I have to run to work now, … and so can’t look at this further at this time. Possibly later.

#14

Thanks for your input oldcpu

I will be out of town for 2 days. Will catchup. I had same result in Mplayer, VLC was better. Try that

#15

Open a konsole/gnome-terminal and navigate to the directory where 00006.MTS is located, and then type:
ffplay 00006.MTS… with my older version of ffmpeg (kept at an old version due to kdenlive compatibility needs) I get both audio and video, but the video is badly “pixelated”.

#16

Hi

I got it going pretty decent on VLC with updated ffmpeg. Pretty smooth for my machine almost as good as Xp.

Now i only have to find a way to write this on DVD. None of the writers seem to support this file. Nero 7 in Windows does but none so far in linux.

Any suggestions.

#17

Simply use ffmpeg to convert to a mpeg format. Then you can use any other app.

#18

For example (slightly different from what I suggested) you could convert it to a nominal avi file, and then more applications can handle that avi … A simple command line:
ffmpeg -i 00006.MTS -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 test.avi
That may not be sufficient (you may need to specify a specific codec) …

One could specify a resolution as well. For example:
ffmpeg -i 00006.MTS -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 640x480 test.avi

Note I know next to nothing about ffmpeg. These are just some lines for conversion that I picked up along the way. …

You could instead use one of the various front ends for ffmpeg.

#19

hi,

I tried converting the file. It did. But the picture quality is absolutely disaster. Is there a way to better it close to original video.

#20

That’s my assessment also. I think that codec is simply too new for Linux.

You could raise a bug report on ffmpeg, and also on mplayer, noting they do not process that video file well, and in the bug report point to the file you posted on the web. That would get the developers looking at this.