VirtualDub settings and conversion for .MTS video

Video: MTS off a Canon Vixia HG21.
Setup: Linux, working in wine.

Conversion to avi for VirtualDub/AviSynth:

avconv -i 00394.MTS -vcodec libxvid -b 100000k -deinterlace -acodec mp2 -ab 224000 output.avi

Or in parallel:

find ./ -maxdepth 1 -name "*.MTS" -type f | xargs -I@@ -P 8 -n 1 bash -c "filename=@@; avconv -i \$filename -vcodec libxvid -b 100000k -deinterlace -acodec mp2 -ab 224000 \${filename/.MTS/}.avi"

Jenny says, “I had to add the -ac 2 flag for audio”

For .mp4 video:

avconv -i 00394.MTS -vcodec libxvid -b 100000k -deinterlace -acodec mp2 -ab 224000 output.mp4

Or in parallel:

find ./ -maxdepth 1 -name "*.MTS" -type f | xargs -I@@ -P 8 -n 1 bash -c "filename=@@; avconv -i \$filename -vcodec libxvid -b 100000k -deinterlace -acodec mp2 -ab 224000 \${filename/.MTS/}.mp4"

Set up VirtualDub:

  • Options > Preferences > AVI > Check Directly decode uncompressed YCbCr (YUV) sources
  • Select Video > Compression…
    • Select ffdshow Video Codec
    • Select Configure and then set the bitrate to 10000
  • Select Video > Fast recompress

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