Reading .MTS files for image processing

I need to read .MTS files for statistical analysis of a video.

The mmreader function in matlab does not accept .MTS.

Please suggest me the best way forward. One way is to convert to .avi and then use in matlab. However, I am concerned about the loss of quality in this case.

-- Santosh

Answer 1

[Santosh]

Hi Daniel,

I have used ffmpeg to convert .mts to .avi and then used videoReader in matlab.

I am using a win64 machine and the version of ffmpeg I installed is ffmpeg-20121105-git-c995644-win64-static.

I call ffmpeg from matlab to convert from .MTS to .AVI using

str=strcat('ffmpeg.exe -i "',MTS_file,'" -c:v copy "',AVI_file,'"');

s=system(str);

[David Hight]

Your solution gives poor quality. How do I fix this.

Answer 2

[Darrel]

Hi Santosh,

Did you ever get anywhere with this? I have the same problem and have been trying DalleyG's videoReader with K-lite codec pack and Haali media splitter installed but it keeps crashing with a segmentation fault. If you found a way to make this work I'd be glad to know what you did.

[Santosh]

I have added my solution as an answer.