How to convert MTS/M2TS to MOV on Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

After a wonderful vacation you've just enjoyed with your family or your friend, what can be a good tool to play or edit those best memories that you captured in your high definition camera with iMovie?
As we know, HD Camcorder shoots mts video clips. Importing a MTS/M2TS file into iMovie is not a straightforward process, and you need to use the third party software - Mac MTS to MOV Converter, which can convert between popular video format (including Convert mts to mov mac, m2ts to mov mac) with high speed and excellent quality on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3.

What's more, this Mac MTS Converter enables you to trim and crop video clips, set video effects, preview in real-time, and even add watermark onto your video.
Below is the detailed guide on how to use this mts to mov converter mac, enjoy it now!

Free download MTS Converter for Mac software, install and run it.

Step 1: Import your MTS/M2TS files
Click "Add files" button on top of the window to import your MTS/M2TS files, or you can directly drag the MTS/M2TS videos to the playlist.


Step2: Choose output format
Click the "formats" icon on the thumbnail to choose the output format, here we choose "Common Video", then "MOV - QuickTime Movie".

Step3: Edit the MTS/M2TS Video
Just put your mouse on the video thumbnail, you can choose to trim the video, crop the size and even add special effects personalize your video from the edit menu.


Step4: Click "Start" button to convert MTS/M2TS Video to MOV

After your editing for your video, and then you can begin to convert to MOV on Mac while you press "start" button.

Tips:
What is MTS/M2TS ?
The .m2ts file format is given to video/audio files created by certain Sony Camcorder models. An .m2ts file is a Sony high definition video file type. 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.

Why MTS/M2TS to MOV?
MTS/M2ts files are raw AVCHD videos, and the main disadvantages are large-size and they can't be played on the common players such as Apple TV, Zune, PSP, PS3, Pocket PC, Creative Zen, and other video players. For the Mac users, even QuickTime and iMovie can’t support these formats. That is to say, you have to convert the MTS/M2TS files to other formats (e.g., MOV).

Best way about Converting FLV files to QuickTime M

Why convert FLV files to QuickTime(*.mov) ?
With lots of free YouTube and some other on-line video downloader, now we can download lots of FLV videos. We want to share them on our Mac with QUickTime, or we want to edit and remake it, but we can't even import it to those edit tools. Should we have to become scientists to solve this? No. As we know, QuickTime file extension is MOV, and when we want to watch something on QuickTime player, we'd better get an MOV file. Here what you have to do is to convert FLV to MOV on Mac. FLV to MOV Converter for Mac will help you solve this within a few clicks.

Free download Mac Video Converter, install and run it.

How to convert FLV files to QuickTime MOV files?

Step 1. FLV to MOV Converter for Mac supports FLV input format and MOV output format. Click "ADD Files" on the top, and choose your FLV file you want to convert. If you have several FLV files and you can use Mac FLV to MOV Converter software to put them together and get a complete MOV file, just check all the files and check the box in front of Merge into one. We suggest you preview first, in case it’s in the wrong order.

Step 2. Click "Format" at the bottom of the interface, and a dropdown list will appear in front you. Here you can choose your desired format. Here I'll take MOV-QuickTime (*.mov) as my targeted file extension. If you have no idea what kind of formats that your device will support, just choose according to the device's name.


  
Step 3. Before pressing "Convert" button, we advise you check the setting first. Click Setting on the right of Format. If you don't know how to set your video files, the original setting will work just fine.
 
Step 4.Press "Convert" button begin to Convert FLV to MOV on you Mac, and get your MOV file in no time!


 
Tips:
What is an FLV file?
An FLV file stands for Flash Video, which is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player, offering high rates of compression yet ensuring the quality. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, MetaCafe, Reuters.com, and many other news providers.