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CR2 to MTS Converter — Free, Online, No Signup

Convert CR2 files to MTS online with no signup required.

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CR2 at a glance

CR2

CR2 became the dominant Canon raw family through the long DSLR era, so huge real-world photo archives still depend on stable CR2 decoding and migration paths.

MTS at a glance

MTS

MTS belongs to the age of tapeless HD camcorders, where consumer recording formats started to look more like professional media files than like simple home-video clips.

Format comparison

Feature
CR2
MTS
File type

Image

Video

Extensions
  • .cr2

  • .mts

MIME type
  • image/cr2

  • video/mp2t

Created year

2004

2006

Inventor

Canon

Sony and Panasonic

Status

proprietary

active

Transparency

Not supported

Not supported

Animation

Not supported

Not supported

Primary use cases
  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

  • editing

  • mastering

  • streaming delivery

Layer support

Not supported

Not supported

Camera raw data

Supported

Not supported

HDR support

Not supported

Not supported

Streaming ready

Not supported

Not supported

When to use each format

When to use CR2

  • Your source file is already in CR2.
  • Preserve source expectations before exporting to MTS.
  • CR2 is commonly used in image workflows.

When to use MTS

  • Your target workflow expects MTS.
  • Improve delivery compatibility with MTS.
  • MTS is commonly used in video workflows.

FAQs

Why convert CR2 to MTS?

Convert to MTS when preserving AVCHD camera originals, maintaining ingestion compatibility, or exchanging footage in a camera-native format.

It is appropriate for home-video capture archives and certain editing pipelines.

For downstream delivery and easy playback, MP4 or MOV are usually better targets.

What changes when converting CR2 to MTS?

This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.

Moving to MTS removes camera raw data.

What should I review after converting CR2 to MTS?

Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.

Format resources

CR2MTS

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