topic How do i Change movie format to one windows will 'see'?!? in Camcorders https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204908#M3125 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>M2ts is a standard extension used by all HD camcorders. Actually Windows Media Player 12 supports that format. Many other players also do. For converting the HD videos to a standard definition MPEG2 you can use the supplied with the camcorder software Picture Motion Browser.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:08:02 GMT aisthima 2011-03-24T10:08:02Z How do i Change movie format to one windows will 'see'?!? https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204906#M3123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello all,&nbsp; new user so apologies if dumb question.</P><P></P><P>My father has a HD Handycan and has sent us loads of movies of Xmas, i'd like to put them on DVD to watch on our TV, and have tried to do this using windows DVD maker as i've done this before with Movies off my cybershot.</P><P></P><P>I'm not so tech savvy but it appears the file type M2TS is not used by windows?!?, is there an easy way to convert to MPEG (i'm familier with this file type from by cybershot!)...i've googled but it just talks about codecs etc which is way above my head.</P><P>Or should i just ask my father to save again this time as Mpegs.</P><P></P><P>many thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:51:32 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204906#M3123 jonesy102 2011-03-08T13:51:32Z How do i Change movie format to one windows will 'see'?!? https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204907#M3124 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG>Hi,</STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG><BR /></STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG>If you go to the following URL: <A class="active_link" href="http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html">http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html</A></STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG><BR /></STRONG></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG>Then, download the following Freeware application: <SPAN style="color: #000080;">Free HD Converter V1.7</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG style="color: #000000; ">This will allow you to open your ".mts" formatted video files, and convert them to ".avi", or ".mp4" or a host of other formats, all compatible with any device you are aiming the file at..!</STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG style="color: #000000; ">As another piece of advice - the media players on many laptops struggle due to technical things called "codecs" that are often missing, and hence, video files may not play, or in some cases you may only hear audio, but not see video.&nbsp; A very good (also free!) all-round video player is called VLC Media Player (<A href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/</A>) - this will play all known video formats on PC's, as well as DVD's - give that a try too?</STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG style="color: #000000; ">Good luck!</STRONG></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG style="color: #000000; ">Paul <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></STRONG></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:17:58 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204907#M3124 p4ult212 2011-03-16T14:17:58Z How do i Change movie format to one windows will 'see'?!? https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204908#M3125 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>M2ts is a standard extension used by all HD camcorders. Actually Windows Media Player 12 supports that format. Many other players also do. For converting the HD videos to a standard definition MPEG2 you can use the supplied with the camcorder software Picture Motion Browser.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:08:02 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204908#M3125 aisthima 2011-03-24T10:08:02Z How do i Change movie format to one windows will 'see'?!? https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204909#M3126 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Perfect!. Many thanks Paul.</P><P>regards. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:12:51 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/camcorders/how-do-i-change-movie-format-to-one-windows-will-see/m-p/204909#M3126 jonesy102 2011-03-29T16:12:51Z