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    mts videos - proper playback media for PC

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by paradoxguy, Jul 1, 2011.

  1. paradoxguy

    paradoxguy Notebook Evangelist

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    My sister and brother-in-law recently gave me copies of videos of their toddler son. The videos are .mts-format and I am having difficulty playing them. They will not play back on QuickTime or Windows Media Player and will play back on VLC media player, but are very stop-and-go. My sister and brother-in-law do not view them on PC; they use only the original camcorder to play them back, so they cannot recommend a PC media player. I tried a perfunctory Google search with no success. Any suggestions for a compatible PC software media player?

    Thanks much for reading and any information.
     
    paradoxguy, Jul 1, 2011
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Try MPC-HC or VLC. Either of those should play mts and m2ts files fine.
     
    Pitabred, Jul 1, 2011
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  3. Fishon

    Fishon I Will Close You

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    Fishon, Jul 1, 2011
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  4. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    There's also a new kid on the block called Splash Lite that uses very few resources and handles Hi-Def formats nicely. I've been trying it and it's good.
     
    olyteddy, Jul 1, 2011
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  5. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    VLC doesn't have GPU hardware acceleration enabled by default, so it's using your CPU to process the hidef video and will be prone to skipping.

    Open VLC > Tools > Preferences > Input & Codecs > check "Use GPU acceleration (experimental)"

    The video should then smooth out just fine. I'm able to play .mkv compressions and uncompressed .m2ts with no problems in VLC.
     
    anseio, Jul 2, 2011
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  6. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    I had this complaint, but then realized that it's just the brightness setting in VLC.

    Open VLC ***in skinned mode*** load any video > Right Click > Interface > Effects & Filters > Video Effects tab > adjust settings as needed and exit. When this is done in skinned mode, the setting changes are saved and will load when VLC is launched normally.

    Once I learned how to do this, I played a b/w bluray movie side by side and got the exact same contrast as the great quality of PowerDVD11.
     
    anseio, Jul 2, 2011
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