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Convert M2TS to MPEG

M2TS to MPEG Converter converts M2TS files to MPEG. It's an easy-to-use and ALL-IN-ONE video and audio converter software. The converter also converts media file to the major formats such as BlackBerry, iPod, AVI, OGV, iPad, OGM, H.264, WMV, etc. It could convert M2TS to iPod, DXA to BlackBerry, VCD to MPG / MPEG, RPL to WMV, Y4M to OGV, AVI to M4V, and so on.

M2TS to MPEG Converter supports batch conversion that enables you convert bulk M2TS files to MPEG at a time. The software is full compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2000.

M2TS to MPEG Converter is compatible with Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000

What is M2TS?
A .m2ts file is a Sony high definition video file type. M2TS files are raw AVCHD videos recorded using Sony's camcorders, such as the HDR-SR(xx)series models. Panasonic, Canon and other brands of AVCHD camcorders also record in m2ts format. Currently, m2ts files can be played using the Picture Motion Browser, which is an application video player provided with Sony AVCHD camcorders.

M2ts files can also be played with ALLPlayer, Mplayer, Windows Media Player, BSplayer, VLC and other media players if there is a codec for DVD playing installed. The file type .m2ts is not always automatically associated with the player, so it may be necessary to open it from the player.

M2ts files contain a transport stream BDAV MPEG-2. Each stream is its own file and file names are of the form XXXXX.M2TS (where "XXXXX" is date and time stamp of when the video clip was recorded).

The M2TS file format is one of the three mandatory supported codecs (MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and SMPTE VC-1) used on Blu-ray discs.

M2TS files can also be played on Sony PlayStation 3s and Sony Bravia TVs supporting playback of AVCHD.

What is MPEG?
The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) was formed by the ISO to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission. Its first meeting was in May 1988 in Ottawa, Canada. As of late 2005, MPEG has grown to include approximately 350 members per meeting from various industries, universities, and research institutions. MPEG's official designation is ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11.

The MPEG standards consist of different Parts. Each part covers a certain aspect of the whole specification. The standards also specify Profiles and Levels. Profiles are intended to define a set of tools that are available, and Levels define the range of appropriate values for the properties associated with them. MPEG has standardized the following compression formats and ancillary standards:

MPEG-1: The first compression standard for audio and video. It was basically designed to allow moving pictures and sound to be encoded into the bitrate of a Compact Disc. To meet the low bit requirement, MPEG-1 downsamples the images, as well as uses picture rates of only 24-30 Hz, resulting in a moderate quality. It includes the popular Layer 3 (MP3) audio compression format.
MPEG-2: Transport, video and audio standards for broadcast-quality television. MPEG-2 standard was considerably broader in scope and of wider appeal - supporting interlacing and high definition. MPEG-2 is considered important because it has been chosen as the compression scheme for over-the-air digital television ATSC, DVB and ISDB, digital satellite TV services like Dish Network, digital cable television signals, SVCD, and DVD.
MPEG-3: Developments in standardizing scalable and multi-resolution compression which would have become MPEG-3 were ready by the time MPEG-2 was to be standardized; hence, these were incorporated into MPEG-2 and as a result there is no MPEG-3 standard. MPEG-3 is not to be confused with MP3, which is MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG-4: MPEG-4 uses further coding tools with additional complexity to achieve higher compression factors than MPEG-2. In addition to more efficient coding of video, MPEG-4 moves closer to computer graphics applications. In more complex profiles, the MPEG-4 decoder effectively becomes a rendering processor and the compressed bitstream describes three-dimensional shapes and surface texture. MPEG-4 also provides Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) which provides the facility to use proprietary technologies to manage and protect content like digital rights management. Several new higher-efficiency video standards (newer than MPEG-2 Video) are included (an alternative to MPEG-2 Video), notably:

MPEG-4 Part 2 (or Simple and Advanced Simple Profile) and
MPEG-4 AVC (or MPEG-4 Part 10 or H.264). MPEG-4 AVC may be used on HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, along with VC-1 and MPEG-2.

In addition, the following standards, while not sequential advances to the video encoding standard as with MPEG-1 through MPEG-4, are referred to by similar notation:

MPEG-7: A multimedia content description standard.
MPEG-21: MPEG describes this standard as a multimedia framework.

Moreover, relatively more recently than other standards above, MPEG has started following international standards; each of the standards holds multiple MPEG technologies for a way of application. For example, MPEG-A includes a number of technologies on multimedia application format.

MPEG-A: Multimedia application format.
MPEG-B: MPEG systems technologies.
MPEG-C: MPEG video technologies.
MPEG-D: MPEG audio technologies.
MPEG-E: Multimedia Middleware.