MOD to MTS Converter

What happens when you convert MOD to MTS

• The video is re-encoded to H.264 video with Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio at 48 kHz, in a transport stream with the 192-byte packets of AVCHD and Blu-ray.
• Re-encoding in a browser is slow: expect several times the video's length for HD footage on a laptop, and longer on a phone. Short and low-resolution clips finish much sooner.
• The MTS is a single video file like the ones an AVCHD camera records; it plays in VLC, on smart TVs and in video editors, but it is not the folder structure of an AVCHD card or a Blu-ray disc.

How to convert MOD to MTS online

1. Press "Choose MOD files" and select one or more files, or drag them onto the box. You can add files of any size your device can hold in memory.
2. Adjust the settings if you need to: resolution and quality control the size of the result. The defaults suit most people.
3. Press "Convert to MTS". The first audio or video conversion downloads the converter engine, about 32 MB, which your browser then keeps for next time.
4. Save each MTS with its download button. Close the tab and every trace of the files is gone from memory.

Why convert MOD to MTS?

MOD files usually come from standard-definition hard-disk and memory-card camcorders such as the JVC Everio. People convert them to MTS because MTS is the file type AVCHD camcorders record, and video editors and smart TVs that handle camcorder footage read it.

In short, MOD is good at what it was made for, and MTS is the more practical choice when the file has to play, upload or edit somewhere else. MOD does not play in browsers; plays in VLC, while MTS does not play in browsers; plays in VLC and camera software.

How to convert MOD to MTS on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android

On Windows

Open this page in Chrome, Edge or Firefox, drag your MOD files in from File Explorer, and press Convert. Each MTS is saved to your Downloads folder. If you prefer a desktop program, VLC can also convert MOD to MTS: choose Media, then Convert / Save.

On a Mac

Safari, Chrome and Firefox all work. Drag the MOD files from Finder onto the drop zone and the MTS files land in Downloads.

On iPhone and iPad

Open the page in Safari and tap Choose MOD files. You can pick from Photos or from the Files app. The converted MTS appears in Files, in the Downloads folder; to put it in your photo library, open it there, tap Share and choose Save Video.

On Android

Open the page in Chrome, tap Choose MOD files and pick them from Files or your gallery. The MTS is saved to the Download folder, where any file manager can find it. Keep the screen on while a long video converts, because Android may pause a tab in the background.

Best settings for MOD to MTS

Leave Resolution on Keep original and Quality on Standard if the video only needs to change container: that is what lets the tool copy the H.264 stream straight into the MTS, which is fast and loses nothing.

If the file is too big, change either setting and the video is re-encoded with H.264. Quality uses the CRF scale: High is 20, Standard 23 and Smaller file 28. As a rule of thumb each step of about 6 on that scale halves or doubles the size. Dropping from 1080p to 720p usually saves more than lowering the quality, and it also makes the conversion much faster.

MOD vs MTS: the differences

About MOD and MTS files

What is a MOD file?

MOD is what JVC, Panasonic and Canon called the MPEG-2 files their SD camcorders record, the same video as on a DVD. The widescreen flag lives in a separate .MOI file, so 16:9 clips can look squashed once copied off the camera. Tracker music modules also use .mod; this is not that format.

What is an MTS file?

MTS is the AVCHD recording format of HD camcorders from about 2006 to 2015, often interlaced at 1080i. The video inside is H.264, so it can usually move to MP4 without re-encoding.

MOD to MTS not working? Common problems

• The conversion is slow. Audio and container changes take seconds, but re-encoding video runs on your own processor. Lower the resolution to 720p, close other tabs, and keep the device plugged in.
• The tab stops or reloads on a very large file. Browsers limit how much memory one tab can use, around 2 GB and less on phones. Split long recordings or convert them on a computer.
• The MTS will not play on an old device. Try the other formats offered for MOD, or choose 720p, which older players handle more reliably.

Convert MOD to MTS with ffmpeg

This converter runs ffmpeg inside your browser. If you would rather use the ffmpeg command line on your own computer, this command produces an equivalent MTS with the same kind of settings:

ffmpeg -i input.mod -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset veryfast -c:a ac3 -b:a 192k -ar 48000 -f mpegts -mpegts_m2ts_mode 1 output.mts

Replace input.mod with the name of your file. For a whole folder of MOD files, run the command in a loop, or drop them all on the converter above, which processes them one after another.