À propos des fichiers MTS

MTS (AVCHD Video · Format vidéo)

Lancement 2006 Par Sony / Panasonic / Canon (AVCHD consortium)

AVCHD Video (.mts) est un format de fichier pris en charge par KaijuConverter pour l’archivage, l’échange professionnel et la conversion multiplateforme.

Famille

Video Files

Extension

.mts

Type MIME

video/mp2t

Utilisable comme

Entrée

L'histoire

COMMENT MTS
A VU LE JOUR.

2006

2014

MTS is the AVCHD consortium’s native file extension for camcorder SD cards. When Sony and Panasonic launched AVCHD in 2006 as the high-definition successor to MiniDV, they specified that AVCHD camcorders would record video to SD/SDHC cards as .mts files inside a specific AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM folder structure. The container format is exactly M2TS — same 192-byte packets, same H.264 video + AC-3 or Dolby Digital audio — but the extension differs by distribution media: .mts on camera cards, .m2ts on Blu-ray discs.

AVCHD camcorders (Sony HDR-series, Panasonic HDC, Canon HF/VIXIA) dominated consumer HD video between 2006 and 2014, before smartphones made dedicated camcorders niche. Ripping footage from an AVCHD card gives you .mts files in a folder; every editor (iMovie, Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut) opens them natively and typically converts them to intermediate MOV/MP4 for editing.

CURIOSITÉS ET
ANECDOTES.

MTS and M2TS are identical container structures — only the filename extension differs, based on whether the file comes from a Blu-ray disc or an AVCHD camera card.

The AVCHD consortium (Sony + Panasonic, with Canon, JVC, Toshiba joining later) specified the folder layout on camera cards that every camcorder followed.

Canon's HF G- and XA-series, Panasonic HDC and V-series, and Sony's HDR-CX camcorders all write MTS to SD cards.

MTS files from 2009-2014 on family archives represent a huge chunk of "family video" before smartphone camcorders replaced everything.

Editing MTS natively is slow — every pro NLE transcodes it to ProRes or DNxHD intermediate files for efficient playback.

POINTS FORTS ET
LIMITES.

Points forts

Native format for every AVCHD camcorder since 2006.
H.264 compression — small files for high-def quality.
Direct compatibility with iMovie, Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut.
Carries Dolby Digital 5.1 audio on flagship camcorders.

Limites

Slow to decode — editors typically transcode for editing.
Proprietary folder-structure conventions complicate direct import.
Largely legacy as smartphones replaced dedicated camcorders.
192-byte packet format adds overhead vs plain TS.

Tailles et poids typiques

1 min HD AVCHD (17 Mbps)

~130 MB

1 hour AVCHD Full HD

~8 GB

Spécifications techniques

MIME type: video/mp2t
Extension: .mts
Container: BDAV MPEG-2 Transport Stream (192-byte packets)
Video codecs: H.264 (AVCHD Main/High Profile)
Audio codecs: AC-3 (Dolby Digital), LPCM

CONVERTIR DEPUIS
MTS

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Cas d'usage courants

Camcorder video