Free converter to convert .mt2s files??

[tom-nook]

This is kind of a gaming question I guess but thought this may be a better place to ask....

I recently picked up a PlayTV unit for my PS3 and want to play recorded programmes on both my PSP & netbook. The problem is that the files are in a proprietary Sony format (I think) with the file extensions ending .mt2s.

I've been able to find a free app (VLC Media Player) that lets me play the files in their native format on my netbook. However, it seems that the PSP doesn't support this format and I need to convert them to something like MP4.

All the format converting apps I can find are commerical releases and I don't fancy spending 20 odd quid for something I'll only use once in a while. Can anyone recommend a free app that would do the same job (assuming one exists)?

Thanks!

[Brad]

VisualHub on the Mac does it. On PC I dunno mate, other than Sony's own PSP Media Manager.

[smouty]

m2ts is the format that Bluray uses. I've used MeGUI on Windows to convert a few of my Blurays to .MKV but it is a pain.

[Brad]

Handbrake should do it actually. I forgot there's a Windows build of that program.

[tom-nook]

Thanks chaps!

The fact it's the same format as Blu Ray makes sense. The files worked straight away on my home pc - guess because I have PowerDVD Ultra installed (which supports both hd-dvd & Blu Ray playback).

I'll try to hunt down a copy of Handbrake but failing that will give MeGUI a bash.

Thanks again.

[NekoFever]

M2TS is a Sony container format, but the video itself is just the MPEG-2 stream that it's recorded from Freeview: MPEG-2 Transport Stream. Anything that can read and convert MPEG-2 files should be able to handle it.

I'd recommend giving MPEG Streamclip a look. It does all the basic trimming of videos if you want to take off the padding on the ends or take out ad breaks, and then it can either export it into a standard MPEG file that anything should be able to handle or it can encode it into another video format. Or at least it can do all that in the Mac version; I haven't tried it on Windows so I can't speak for that.

[charlesr]

In windows, it's very limited. I have the same files from my panasonic HD vidcam and have been battling with them ever since. I purchased Ulead 11.5plus, but it doesn't decomb, rendering it useless for me, but perhaps your files won't need decombing. Handbrake is the only thing I've had success with. A superb app for recoding, but doesn't do any editing.