WHAT IS BDMV?

In short, BDMV files are Blu-ray Information files. BDMV supports high definition video encoded to MPEG-2, AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10), and VC-1 specifications. You might find BDMV files from:

• HD Camcorders’ AVCHD folders (BDMV and CERTIFICATE) with M2TS extension files. For Sony HDR-SR11 camcorder, the AVCHD files will bear the MTS extension.
• Blu-ray disk with BDMV folder and files with BDMV extension.
• Ripped Blu-ray DVD movies, the folder structure of which is all contained in a BDMV folder structure with M2TS extensionfiles.
• Blu-ray movie with BDMV & CERTIFICATE folder, one subfolder of the BDMV folder is the Stream folder and in this folder there is a MTS extension file.

HOW TO PLAY BDMV FILES ON MAC?

Players mentioned below might not support all MTS/M2TS file playback, depending on the used compression formats in a MTS/M2TS files in BDMV folder.

VLC media player is the most popular way to play MTS/M2TS files.

Download VLC media player and run this application, drag the MTS Video to the play list, and then double click it. Now you can play MTS video on your Mac:

Tips: You need to have iLife’08 installed in order to play MTS/M2TS files using VLC.

Other Media players for MTS/M2TS playback

Some MTS/M2TS files can be played with ALLPlayer, MPlayer, Windows Media Player, Bsplayer and other media players, depending on used compression formats in a MTS/M2TS file. Some players will need an appropriate codec, component or plug-in installed. Because there are so many players and plu-ins, we can not introduce them one by one.

The file type MTS/M2TS is not always automatically associated with the player, so it may be necessary to open it from the player.

HOW TO CONVERT BDMV FILES TO TO IPOD, QT, MP4, IMOVIE, FCP, ETC. ON MAC？

For play and share BDMV files freely on Mac, the best bet is converting BDMV files on Mac. Then the files could be playable on all Apple devices. Here is a tutorial for how to convert BDMV files to other video formats on Mac OS X.

Step 1: Download and install BDMV Video Converter for Mac

• Download Intel version

Step 2: Load M2TS/MTS files in BDMV folder

Drag & drop MTS files to the program. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Add Video/Audio files” to locate the BDMV files you want to add. To combine video clips to a complete video, tick “Merge into One File”.

Step 3: Select an output format from the output format list

You can Mac friendl formats, like MP4, MOV, M4V, etc. as the output video formats. Of course, some presets, like iPod, iPad, iPhone, iMovie are good choices as well. What’s more, if you choose any item fron “Apple Devices” as the output format, the target videos could be uploaded to iTunes automatically.

Step 4: Hit the “Convert” button to start conversion

This BDMV Video Converter for Mac supports MTS/M2TS files to any other popular video format conversion. You can play the converted files on Mac (including Snow, Lion Leopard) with QT smoothly or upload it to iMovie or FCP to create your own masterpiece.