How to Play MTS, M2TS, TS Files on Mac for Free

As we know, there are many HD video players available for Windows OS, but for Mac, it's hard to a find free one that will support MTS, M2TS, and TS etc. So, how can you play MTS, M2TS, TS Files on Mac for free? I recommend two methods:  (1.) The "quick fix", Use HD players like VLC player and Mplayer for Mac, (2.) Convert these file formats to Mac-friendly ones like MOV, MP4, M4V etc. using a MTS converter for Mac.  Converting your video to a common format lets you import, view and edit the video into virtually any program

"Quick Fix" 1:  Free MTS Player for Mac - VLC player

VLC player is a totally free HD player that you should already have on your Mac that plays oodles of different video and audio formats, far more than QuickTime and obviously your DVD player. It is available for a wide range of operating systems, ranging from Linux to Windows, and of course, Mac OS X.

Download and run this application, choose File>Open File, select you MTS, M2TS, or TS Files, and that is OK! You can watch your video now:

Tips: Other available formats of VLC player:
MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), ASF,WMV,WMA, AVI, DTS, AAC, AC3,DivX, mp3, ogg etc.

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"Quick Fix" 2:  Free MTS Player Mac - Mplayer for Mac

MPlayer OS X is binary distribution of MPlayer (The Movie Player for Linux) and comes with native GUI in Mac OS X. After installation you can simply (by Drag Drop) play almost all 3ivx, DivX 3, 4, 5 and other codecs files in the window or full screen mode. Rendering of very nice antialiased text-based subtitles is also supported. Click the PLAY button and it will begin to play:

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Play MTS/M2TS/TS with QuickTime on Mac - and in All Your Other Applications

Of course you have a better way of making your MTS, M2TS or TS videos be accepted by your Mac, that is, to convert MTS, MT2S and TS files to some popular video formats like MOV and MP4 on Mac so that you can play the videos using QuickTime on Mac effortlessly.

To make MTS/M2TS/TS video playback on Mac more convenient, you can use Aimersoft Total Media Converter for Mac to convert MTS/M2TS/TS to MOV, MP4 and some other popular video formats on Mac. Then you can play them with QuickTime on Mac. What's more, you can trim MTS video length, crop the visual size, merge several video into one and edit video effect by using this all-in-one MTS converter for Mac.

Knowledge about HD video, TS, MTS and M2TS

What's HD video(High-definition video)?

High-definition (HD) video generally refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition (SD) video, most commonly at display resolutions of 1280×720 (720p) or 1920×1080 (1080i or 1080p). This article discusses the general concepts of high-definition video, as opposed to its specific applications in television broadcast (HDTV), video recording formats (HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, DVCPRO HD, D5 HD, XDCAM HD, HDV and AVCHD), the optical disc delivery system Blu-ray Disc and the video tape format D-VHS.

What's TS?

"TS" is the abbreviation of Transport stream. It is a communications protocol for audio, video, and data which is specified in MPEG-2 Part 1, Systems (ISO/IEC standard 13818-1)

What is MTS and what is M2TS?

MTS and M2TS are included by AVCHD video. AVCHD (Audio and Video Compression for High Definition) is a high-definition and standard-definition recording format for use in digital tapeless camcorders.

About AVCHD video

AVCHD (AVC-HD, AVC HD) video is recorded using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression codec. Audio is stored in either compressed form (Dolby AC-3), or uncompressed form (multichannel PCM). Aside from recorded audio and video, AVCHD includes features to improve media presentation: menu navigation, slide shows and subtitles. The menu navigation system is similar to DVD-video, allowing access to individual videos from a common intro screen. Slide shows are prepared from a sequence of AVC still frames, and can be accompanied by a background audio track. Subtitles are used in some camcorders to timestamp the recordings.

Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD