How export .m2ts?

Gran-Johansson wrote on 5/8/2025, 11:01 AM

I am new here.

I had to buy a new Pc. And realized that far from all modern video editing software can export the video format my camcorder delivers.
Since Vegas Pro can handle many different video formats, I installed the trial version.
And tested by putting two .m2ts files on the timeline. Import went fine. So I tried to export.

But there are so many alternatives. So what do I choose?

My Canon XA-10 delivers .m2ts 50i 1920*1080 24 Mbps with stereo sound.
When I edited on my old laptop, exported files were also .m2ts 50i 1920*1080 with stereo sound. But 30 Mbps.
The image quality appears to be the same as for the files from the camcorder even when I had multiple layers with special effects.
Edited with a cheaper editing program.

I realized last week that .m2ts is supported by fewer and fewer video editing programs. So I should transcode.
I have posted questions on another internet forum, and realized that it may take some time for me to find out what I should transcode to.
So please tell me how to choose the right alternative to export .m2ts, so I can continue editing while I try to find out what to transcode to.

Comments

3POINT wrote on 5/8/2025, 12:13 PM

When you want to play your videos on youtube or modern (U)HDTV's, I recommend following project settings:

and following rendertemplate:

Gran-Johansson wrote on 5/8/2025, 1:07 PM

Many thanks for those two screenshots. I hope that tomorrow I will have time to try that.

I play on my PC. When I send edited videos to others, or upload to Vimeo, I use more compressed video files.

But I also need to be able to send raw material to others.

3POINT wrote on 5/8/2025, 2:47 PM

FYI the recommended settings deinterlaces your 1080i50 m2ts AVCHD footage and renders it to 1080p50 mp4 AVC. Vimeo/YouTube prefer progressive video. Rendering 1080i50 to 1080p50 will keep the details and also the fluent motion. I prefer this above rendering 1080i50 to 1080p25.

For sending raw materials, leave 1080i50 and render with the Sony m2ts AVCHD 1080i50 rendertemplate.