cannot play rendered .mt2s file

allagash wrote on 7/29/2009, 10:59 AM

noob humbly seeks help playing rendered AVCHD files...

i shot canon hfs100 footage in 24fps, edited in vegas studio 9 platinum using a 1920X1080 29.9 fps template (canon 24 fps is nonnative right?) and then rendered to a sony AVC .mt2s file. i run windows on a 3.0Hz core duo. i cannot play the rendered file for love or money. pixela imagemixer says "format not supported". i downloaded the VLS player, its plays a half second of green-smeared video then crashes. i can't even write the file back to my canon for playback. i am a lost man wandering in the wasteland of immature AVCHD software...help appreciated!

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Eugenia wrote on 7/29/2009, 3:50 PM

If Vegas can play it back, you are good. Also, try the latest VLC player, version 1.0.1. However, to get good AVCHD support by third party players, you would need MPC+CoreAVC (which costs $15).

allagash wrote on 7/29/2009, 9:09 PM

eugenia i have followed your posts all over the web since taking an interest in HD video and it's great to see you respond to my first post so quickly and usefully. i downloaded coreAVC and the file now plays. mind you, some ghosting and comb artifacts make a little hard to watch but i suppose thats due to my 24p shooting mode or just the limitations of the software...dont have the skills to remove pulldown yet if that is indeed at issue. still, i'd like to be able to view my edited mt2s file on my HDTV and have it appear as pristine as the orginal footage. since i have no blue ray i can only do so by exporting the mt2s back to my canon and playing from the canon to the TV. problem is that when i select the print to tape option in vegas' 'make a movie' wizard, my canon hfs100 does not appear in the device pulldown list even though i have it connected via USB to my computer, turned on, etc. arrrgh. likewise the pixela imagemixer software that was bundled with the canon does not seem to recognize any files on my computer for re-export to the camera. how can i get that edited m2ts file back on my canon for playback? sorry for the ramble, i do appreciate your free and good advice.

Eugenia wrote on 7/29/2009, 11:55 PM

Vegas doesn't know how to write back to AVCHD cameras. It can only do that to HDV cameras. I am afraid, that if you want to play back your .m2ts files on the HDTV as 60i, with pulldown removed automatically by the device/TV, you have only two options:
1. Buy a Blu-Ray player, and burn an AVCHD disc in a plain DVD disk (Vegas can do that).
2. Buy the Sony PS3, which can play Blu-Ray/AVCHD disks, but most importantly, it can playback .m2ts files as-is, from its hard drive. It can also playback .mp4 (my personal option), .wmv and XViD in HD, just in case you want more formats to test with. It can also stream HD from your home PC, should you not want to copy files to its hard drive, USB, or SD/CF card reader slots.

The second choice is the most flexible of all, and it's how I do things in my home too.

mikeflyz wrote on 8/23/2009, 3:54 AM

Yes, mt2s will not play on Vegas. It will play satisfactorily on Picture Motion Browser 3.0 from Sonystyle.

fabf2 wrote on 2/6/2010, 5:46 PM

Hi.
I recently bought Vegas Motion Studio 9 PE. It renders avchd files that can be sent back to the Camera. The camera is a Sony HDRXR200v Hard drive 1080i handycam

Markk655 wrote on 2/6/2010, 7:39 PM

Might be worth checking out multiavchd (http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/). IT did what I needed to for my Panny TV. It essentially writes the folder structure so that the TV, camcorder, PS3 etc...can read the .m2ts file. Nt sure if does the same for Canon (but it is worth a shot since it's free!)

david_f_knight wrote on 2/7/2010, 9:36 AM

I have a Canon Vixia HF200 and also found multiAVCHD to be very helpful, and multiAVCHD is fairly easy to use; unlike some freeware AVCHD programs it is a complete standalone program and does not require other programs or drivers, etc. be installed on your computer for it to work. It is basically like DVD Architect Studio but for AVCHD, allowing the creation of disk menus if desired. I have written more about how to make AVCHD-compliant DVDs using multiAVCHD here (posted 2/1/2010):

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=12&MessageID=694144

The AVCHD format is derived from the Blu-ray disk format, but has some limitations and other modifications. In general, AVCHD-compliant content isn't just a simple file, but also has a specific hierarchical structure of supporting files. The hierarchical structure and limitations depend on the media on which it is recorded, which is why you can't simply copy AVCHD content from your camcorder's flash memory card to a DVD disk or vice-versa and have it work in other types of devices. Apparently, some older Blu-ray disc players made by companies that hadn't licensed the AVCHD specification allowed playing AVCHD content on DVD media whether it complied with the specification or not. This has led to confusion over what AVCHD actually is and given it a reputation as somewhat unreliable or flaky. It seems that newer Blu-ray disc players only play AVCHD if they are properly licensed, and only if it is compliant with its specification. The AVCHD specification was created jointly by Panasonic and Sony, and as far as I know all Panasonic and all Sony Blu-ray disc players are AVCHD-compliant. I don't know of any other manufacturers of Blu-ray disc players that are AVCHD-compliant. If they are licensed and compliant, they will be labeled with the AVCHD logo in any case.