I have a canon HV20 (tape-based HDV format), and I need to figure out the best way to get this video to play on my stand alone insignia blu ray player. No editing step needed: for now, it is record on tape, transfer to PC, burn on blu ray, and play on a standalone blu ray player. This is how far I have succeeded: got the video on my PC hard drive using HDV split. The file is saved in m2t format, an hour long video is about 12 GB. Then, I tried the following and none worked in playing the blu ray on my stand alone player: directly burning the m2t files using the Cyberlink Blu Ray Suite; using IMGBURN to create image and then burn on the blu ray (PS3 plays as a data disc, but not the insignia). Also tried converting to mpeg, avi etc. but the file then is no more in HD format, gets reduced to DVD format (something I do not want). So two questions: (1) Can someone suggest a free or commercial software that takes the headache out of the entire process and lets me enjoy my home videos in blu ray with a work flow that minimizes steps/time? I am willing to pay for a one-in-all software that saves time and is guaranteed to work. (2) I realize that I may be able to directly play my m2t files on my wifi enabled blu ray players (PS3 and Insignia NS-BWRDVD, with in built wifi), but not sure if I need some extra software/steps for that. Currently, I play the m2t files on my PC using the VLC Media player. Thanks in advance for your help, you all cool cats !
tsMuxeR can multiplex raw M2T streams into Blu-ray or AVCHD format ready for burning. You then need to burn as UDF 2.5 through Nero or ImgBurn etc. http://www.smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html For other handy applications, visit my thread here... http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/639346
Thanks, but tsMuxeR failed to recognize M2T. I changed the file extension, still no go. Since I don't like to tinker around, bought Sony Studio 9 Platinum. It worked alright. Just need to figure out how to put two 1-hour each video on a single 25 GB blu ray with which video to play reflected in the main menu.
