Add your MTS file
Drop one or more .mts files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
MTS to M2TS
Pulling the soundtrack out of a .mts video into .m2ts audio keeps what you can hear and drops the picture entirely. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
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Drop MTS files here
Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.
Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.About converting AVCHD video to Blu-ray transport stream
Pulling the soundtrack out of a .mts video into .m2ts audio keeps what you can hear and drops the picture entirely. An .mts file is AVCHD footage as written to a camcorder's memory card, containing H.264 video inside an MPEG transport stream. Sony and Panasonic camcorders from the late 2000s onward filled SD cards with .mts clips, so the extension is familiar to anyone importing family or event video.
An .m2ts file is a BDAV transport stream, the container Blu-ray discs and AVCHD software use for high-definition video. Open a Blu-ray's BDMV/STREAM folder and every title is an .m2ts file pairing H.264, VC-1, or HEVC video with multichannel audio. For this route the practical draw is preserves full disc quality, including lossless audio tracks and seekable and damage-tolerant like every transport stream — balanced against file sizes are very large, often tens of gigabytes per title, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
Why convert MTS to M2TS?
The usual reason to take .m2ts audio out of a .mts file is that only the sound matters — a talk, interview, song, or podcast segment. Keeping the video stream would waste storage, and a dedicated audio file is easier to trim, tag, and play. On the source side, transport-stream packet overhead makes files larger than the same video in MP4; on the target side, the payoff is preserves full disc quality, including lossless audio tracks, which is exactly what you want for archiving personal Blu-ray projects and camcorder discs.
MTS vs M2TS at a glance
| Aspect | AVCHD video (.mts) | Blu-ray transport stream (.m2ts) |
|---|---|---|
| Format type | Container — quality depends on the codecs and settings inside | Container — quality depends on the codecs and settings inside |
| How it stores data | uses 192-byte transport packets, standard 188-byte packets plus a 4-byte arrival timestamp, matching Blu-ray's BDAV layout | 192-byte packets whose arrival timestamps enable the precise buffer control disc players require |
| Strongest at | importing camcorder footage into Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut | archiving personal Blu-ray projects and camcorder discs |
| Weak spot | transport-stream packet overhead makes files larger than the same video in MP4 | file sizes are very large, often tens of gigabytes per title |
| Metadata | recording date, camera settings, and GPS coordinates on some models are stored in the AVCHD folder's clip-info files rather than in the .mts stream itself | chapter and playlist information lives in separate CLPI and MPLS files on the disc, not inside the .m2ts stream |
Pick M2TS as the output
Select .m2ts in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if M2TS is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Convert on your device
Press Convert. A WebAssembly FFmpeg build demuxes the audio track and re-encodes it locally; the video stream is simply discarded.
Verify and download
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid M2TS file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .m2ts extension.
MTS to M2TS questions, answered
Will converting MTS to M2TS lose quality?
Since mts is container-oriented and m2ts is container-oriented, the conversion preserves the source content exactly as stored; no additional compression pass is applied beyond what .m2ts itself requires.
Is it private to convert MTS files here?
Yes — the .mts file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. A WebAssembly FFmpeg build demuxes the audio track and re-encodes it locally; the video stream is simply discarded. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Where will the M2TS file work?
Desktop players such as VLC and MPC-HC play .m2ts smoothly and editing software imports it, but no browser or mobile OS supports the container. Converting to MKV keeps every track, while converting to MP4 favors device compatibility.
Will the M2TS file be bigger or smaller than my MTS?
Much smaller — the video stream is usually 80–95% of a .mts file's weight, and it is discarded entirely. The remaining audio is re-encoded at the bitrate implied by your quality setting.
What happens to the metadata in my MTS file?
This converter strips container metadata deliberately (the FFmpeg command runs with metadata mapping disabled) so exported files do not leak recording details. In the source, recording date, camera settings, and GPS coordinates on some models are stored in the AVCHD folder's clip-info files rather than in the .mts stream itself; none of it is transmitted anywhere because the file never leaves your browser.
Can I convert M2TS back to MTS?
Yes — the reverse route exists as a separate tool. Bear in mind that round-tripping .mts → .m2ts → .mts is not a perfect undo when any lossy step is involved; keep your original if fidelity matters.