Two Methods to Import MTS to Adobe Premiere for Editing

Overview

Theoretically, MTS is an accepted file format by Adobe Premiere, but in practice, many importing MTS to Adobe Premiere failure has been reported and from the feedbacks we can know that the most encountered MTS failure is MTS has no sound when imported into Adobe Premiere or getting the error message 'unsupported compression type '. How to fix this problem? Before providing the solutions to fixing the problem, first we will see some MTS failure examples as below.

• I try to import one MTS to Adobe Premiere for editing, but the imported MTS file has no sound. Why this happen?
• There is no sound in the MTS file that I import into Adobe Premiere. I changed the settings but it does not work either. The MTS is recorded by Sony handycam HDR-SR11. Any idea?
• I can not import the MTS to Adobe Premiere, but get the message 'the file is broken or the file is not supported'. I am using Premiere Pro CC 2017. Is there a solution to this problem?

From Adobe Premiere website, we can see the MTS has no sound issue or the MTS unsupported compression type issue has become the known issue. And it often happens with Premiere Pro CC 2015.3 (versions 10.3 and 10.4) and Premiere Pro CC 2017 (version 11.0). And the following part will provide two commonly used solutions.

Method One: Clean, rename and move Media Cache

• Step 1: Click Preferences > Media>delete all files from "Media Cache" and "Media Cache Files" folders.
• Step 2: Rename the Media Cache folder. Go to the Media Cache location, rename the Media Cache folder to Media Cache Files_OLD and Media Cache_OLD.
• Step 3: Change Media Cache location. Move the Media Cache from its original location to another new location.

After the three steps, try to import the MTS again. The solution will work in most cases. But if the MTS importing issue still exists try the following Solution Two which will work in all cases.

Method Two: Convert MTS to Adobe Premiere supported video format

MTS is a problematic format and we can use a professional MTS to Adobe Premiere converter to convert the MTS to other more friendly video formats, such as MPEG-2. And this solution will solve all MTS importing issues. When talking about MTS to Adobe Premiere converter, iDealshare VideoGo is a better one. Check the key features of iDealshare VideoGo in the following part.

• Convert any MTS from any camcorder to any Adobe Premiere version more friendly MPEG-2.
• Convert other video formats, such as MP4, MOV, which have importing issues or convert other unsupported FLV, MKV, WTV, etc, to any Adobe Premiere more friendly format.
• Convert any unsupported video format to Sony Vegas, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, FCP, EDIUS supported video formats.
• Convert MTS to any other video format or convert between any two video formats.

Guide on Converting MTS to Adobe Premiere

The following guide will work to convert any MTS file to Adobe Premiere supported video format.

Make Preparation: Free download MTS to Adobe Premiere Converter

Free download the professional MXF to Premiere Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Windows, for Mac), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import MTS file

Click the "Add file" button to import the MTS to this MTS to Adobe Premiere converter. Or choose to drag and drop the MTS to this MTS to Adobe Premiere converter.

Step 2 Set Adobe Premiere Supported Video Format

Select MPEG-2 or other Adobe Premiere friendly video formats as your output format by clicking "Profile" button >"General Video" category.

Step 3 Convert MTS to Adobe Premiere

Finish your MTS to Adobe Premiere friendly format conversion by finally clicking "Convert" button.