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MTS to AU Converter — Free, Online, No Signup

Convert MTS files to AU online with no signup required.

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.

AU at a glance

AU

AU belongs to an earlier multimedia era where workstation and Unix vendors often had their own practical audio defaults.

Format comparison

Feature
MTS
AU
File type

Video

Audio

Extensions
  • .mts

  • .au

MIME type
  • video/mp2t

  • audio/basic

Created year

2006

1987

Inventor

Sony and Panasonic

Sun Microsystems

Status

active

active

Primary use cases
  • editing

  • mastering

  • streaming delivery

  • capture ingest

  • editing and mastering

  • streaming or playback delivery

Multitrack support

Not supported

Not supported

HDR support

Not supported

Not supported

Streaming ready

Not supported

Not supported

When to use each format

When to use MTS

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

When to use AU

  • Your target workflow expects AU.
  • Improve delivery compatibility with AU.
  • AU is commonly used in audio workflows.

FAQs

Why convert MTS to AU?

Convert to AU when preserving compatibility with older Unix or workstation software, educational assets, or historical multimedia archives.

In most present-day workflows the practical task is to decode AU content and move it to WAV, AIFF, or a modern compressed format.

Use AU only when downstream compatibility makes it necessary.

What changes when converting MTS to AU?

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

What should I review after converting MTS to AU?

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

Format resources

MTSAU

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