PNG to M2TS Converter
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M2TS is the MPEG-2 transport stream file that camcorders and disc-authoring tools pass around — the format behind AVCHD footage and the video files inside a Blu-ray's stream folder. This page takes a still PNG and writes it into one: your image is held on screen for a duration you set, encoded as H.264 by default, and muxed into a transport stream named .m2ts. Before you convert, it is worth knowing exactly which parts of the AVCHD rulebook a still-image clip can and cannot satisfy.
What the M2TS File Contains
The output is a real MPEG-2 transport stream: our encoder maps the .m2ts extension to the mpegts muxer, so what you download is a stream file rather than a disc. That distinction matters more than anything else on this page. A Blu-ray or AVCHD volume is a folder structure — a BDMV directory containing a STREAM folder alongside the clip-information and playlist databases that tell a player how the streams fit together. A lone .m2ts is one piece of that puzzle; the authoring application builds the rest.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | MPEG-2 transport stream (mpegts), written under the .m2ts name |
| Sibling extensions | .mts on AVCHD camcorders, .ts for broadcast-style streams — same stream family |
| Video codec here | H.264 by default (ITU-T H.264, first approved May 2003; edition in force August 2024) |
| Other codec entries | H.265, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Xvid, DivX, MPEG-1 |
| Audio track | None — the audio group is hidden entirely for still-image sources |
| Alpha channel | Not carried; transparency is flattened before encoding |
| Encode frame rate | 1 fps, B-frames disabled |
| Disc structure | Not produced — this is a single stream file, not a BDMV folder tree |
What AVCHD Requires vs What This Page Produces
The official AVCHD format specification is strict about what a compliant stream looks like. Some of it a still-image clip satisfies for free; some of it it cannot.
| AVCHD requirement | This page |
|---|---|
| MPEG-2 transport stream container | Matches — mpegts muxer |
| MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video | Matches at the default codec setting |
| Dolby Digital (AC-3) at 64–640 kbps, or Linear PCM at 1.5 Mbps | No audio track at all; add one during authoring |
| Up to 1920×1080 | Set it explicitly under Video resolution — "Keep original" uses your PNG's size |
| Video bitrate ≤ 24 Mbps (≤ 18 Mbps for AVCHD on DVD) | Comfortably under, since a static frame compresses to very little |
| A defined frame-rate set (1080/60p, 1080/50p, 1080/24p and others) | 1 fps, which is not one of them — expect strict authoring tools to object |
| BDMV/STREAM folder structure | Built by your authoring software, not by a converter |
How to Convert PNG to M2TS
- Upload Your PNG File: Drag the image onto the page or click "+ Add Files". Queue several and Merge strategy decides between one combined clip ("Merge images", the default) and one clip per image ("Video per image").
- Set the Image Duration: The Image Duration dropdown controls how long the still is held — 5 seconds per frame is preselected, and the list runs from a single frame at 60 fps up to 10 seconds per frame.
- Pick a Frame Size and Background Color: Under Video resolution, choose "Fixed Resolutions" and an explicit size such as 1920 x 1080 if the file is destined for authoring software; Background Color (White is preselected for image sources) fills both your PNG's transparent pixels and any padding around a mismatched aspect ratio.
- Convert and Download: Leave Video Codec on H.264 and Quality Preset on "Very High (Recommended)", then click Convert. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is actually inside the .m2ts this page produces?
A single H.264 video elementary stream, multiplexed into an MPEG-2 transport stream, with no audio and no menus. The picture is your PNG repeated for the duration you chose. There is no chapter data, no playlist, and no disc index — those live in the folder structure that authoring software builds around stream files like this one.
Is .m2ts the same thing as .mts?
They are the same stream family with different naming conventions. AVCHD camcorders write to media that uses short 8.3-style filenames, so clips land as .MTS; the same streams copied into a disc's folder layout are named .m2ts. This page writes the .m2ts form. If you need the other extension for a camcorder-style workflow, PNG to MTS is the same conversion under that name.
Why does my clip have no sound?
Because there is nothing to encode. A still image carries no audio, and rather than fabricate a silent track, this page hides the audio controls entirely for image sources — you will not find an audio codec dropdown here at all. That is also convenient, since AVCHD only permits Dolby Digital (AC-3) or Linear PCM, and adding audio during authoring is the way to get a compliant track anyway.
Will my Blu-ray or AVCHD authoring software accept the file?
Often, but not always, and the frame rate is the usual sticking point. A still-image clip is encoded at 1 fps, and the AVCHD specification defines a fixed set of frame rates that does not include it. Lenient tools re-encode the clip on import and never mention it; strict ones reject it. If yours objects, import the PNG as a still directly into the authoring project instead — most tools have a "still image" or "title card" track for exactly this.
What happens to my PNG's transparent pixels?
They are flattened onto the Background Color before encoding, because no video codec in the transport-stream family carries an alpha channel. White is preselected for image sources. The same colour fills the padding when your image's shape does not match the frame you chose, so if you pick 1920 x 1080 for a square logo, the bars either side will be that colour too.
Which codec should I leave selected?
H.264, the default, for anything AVCHD-adjacent — it is the codec the specification names. One entry in the list is worth avoiding on this page specifically: MPEG-1 cannot encode a still here at all. We reproduced it against the same encoder our pipeline uses, and it fails at initialisation because MPEG-1 permits only a fixed table of broadcast frame rates and this page encodes at 1 fps. MPEG-2 accepts the rate and works, but produces a much larger file for identical picture quality.
Can I change the frame rate or trim the clip?
No — there is no frame-rate control and no trim control on this page, because neither is meaningful for a source with one frame and no timeline. Clip length comes entirely from Image Duration. If you need a specific frame rate, re-encode the downloaded clip on a video-to-video page, or bring the still into your editor and set the rate there.
How do I go the other way, or get a normal playable file instead?
To pull a frame back out of an existing transport stream, M2TS to PNG extracts a still. If what you actually wanted was a clip that plays on a phone, in a browser or on a website — rather than something for disc authoring — M2TS is the wrong target and PNG to MP4 is the right one: same still-image encode, in a container general-purpose players expect.