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Hi all! I have recently attended to my sister's wedding and helped her record some happy interesting videos with my panasonic camcorder, and she wants me to send those movies to her so that she can keep it in her iPhone. I found files are all ended with .ts. In fact, I don't know much about formats. After searching the Google，I just know that Ts files cannot be supported by iPhone，so should I do a conversion for this? And what should I convert them to? Could anyone give some suggestion? Thanks in advance!

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happygeek commented: One person with so many iPhone conversion problems, anyone might think it was spam bait... -3

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Good question, Nick_10. TS from Panasonic camcorders is just a transport stream container (often AVCHD). iPhone’s Photos app plays best when the video is H.264 or HEVC with AAC audio in an MP4/MOV/M4V container. For maximum compatibility across iPhones, aim for H.264 + AAC in MP4 and enable fast start. (support.apple.com)

Building on CimmerianX and rubberman’s advice, here are ffmpeg one‑liners you can use. First, try a fast, lossless remux (no re‑encode) if the TS already has H.264 video and AAC audio:

ffmpeg -i input.ts -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:0 -c copy -movflags +faststart output.mp4

This copies streams and moves the MP4 header for smoother playback/startup. If your audio is AC‑3 (common with AVCHD), keep the video lossless but convert audio to AAC:

ffmpeg -i input.ts -c:v copy -c:a aac -b:a 192k -movflags +faststart output.mp4

If the camcorder recorded interlaced 1080i, deinterlace and re‑encode video for cleaner iPhone playback:

ffmpeg -i input.ts -vf bwdif -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 20 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 160k -movflags +faststart output.mp4

Notes: -c copy is ffmpeg’s stream copy (no quality loss), -movflags +faststart places MP4 metadata up front, and bwdif is a high‑quality deinterlacer. (ffmpeg.org)

If you prefer not to convert, Nick, or your sister just wants to watch the clips, VLC for iOS can play TS directly inside the app (not the Photos app). That matches what CimmerianX suggested about VLC’s broad format support. (videolan.org)

For future recordings, switch the camcorder to MP4/H.264 to avoid conversions altogether; those files drop into Photos and play natively on iPhone. Apple’s tech specs list MP4/MOV with H.264/AAC as supported. (support.apple.com)

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You can use the open source ffmpeg tool to convert any video stream to just about any other. In this case, if she wants it on her iPhone, then convert it to a .mov format, or mp4.

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Thanks for all your suggestion! I will have a try on these recommended tools and convert my records to MP4 or MOV. It is a good community, thanks again!

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i am also looking for same issue.

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