2 Best Ways to Compress AVCHD Videos without Limitation

"I went out for holidays with my new Sony camera and recorded dozens of AVCHD MTS videos. But I cannot export all the videos to my computer because of the large video size. Is there any method to compress the AVCHD videos without too much quality loss?"

AVCHD stands for Advanced Video Coding High Definition. If you are a shutterbug, you must be familiar with the video format. AVCHD is a recording format developed for recording high-definition video to a memory card or hard drive disk. What are the best ways to decrease the video size of AVCHD? Just learn more details about 2 efficient ways to reduce AVCHD video files from the article.

Part 1: How to Compress AVCHD Videos without Limitation

Is there a way to compress AVCHD videos without size limitations? Since the AVCHD MTS/M2TS files are large, most online video compressor only supports videos within 100MB. AnyMP4 Online Video Compressor is the desired AVCHD video compressor that reduces high-quality AVCHD online, or converts AVCHD to any video format without limitation. Moreover, you do not need to register an account to shrink the video size without a watermark.

• 1. Compress MTS, M2TS, MP4, and other videos from digital cameras.
• 2. Reduce the AVCHD size with video format, resolution, and bitrate.
• 3. Shrink the MTS/M2TS video to a certain file size within few clicks.
• 4. Enable you to compress AVCHD video for free without a watermark.

Step 1. Head to AnyMP4 Online Video Compressor with any web browser on your computer. Then click the Launch Free Compressor button to import the AVCHD files from your computer or external SD card. Click the Change Source File button if you need to compress multiple AVCHD files.

Step 2. Customize the settings for the AVCHD compression. You can adjust the slider next to the Size option to get the desired video size. Moreover, you can change the resolution to reduce the size of the AVCHD video accordingly.

Note: Because the online video compressor cannot export the videos as M2TS or MTS files, you can convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS to MP4 with a relatively small video format. Just upgrade to the ultimate version to preserve the original MTS/M2TS video format.

Step 3. You can click the Compress button to choose the destination folder. The online AVCHD compressor will shrink the high-quality videos and save them to the destination folder. Then you need to open the compressed video to check the details.

It is an easy method to compress AVCHD videos online. But you cannot preview the files directly within the program, especially when you have some important videos. Besides, you cannot export the AVCHD MTS or M2TS file format.

Part 2: The Versatile Method to Compress AVCHD Files

When you need to compress AVCHD as the original video format, tweak the video/audio codec, adjust the bitrate/frame rate/resolution, or even trim the desired AVCHD part, AnyMP4 Video Converter Ultimate is the all-in-one AVCHD video compressor that enables you to shrink the video size of AVCHD for different scenarios. It is more than an AVCHD compressor, but also converts AVCHD to any lossless video formats with a smaller size.

• 1. Compress AVCHD with 16-video formats, 19-resolution presets, etc.
• 2. Tweak encoder, resolution, bitrate, and frame rate to shrink AVCHD video.
• 3. Preview the compressed video within the compressor directly.
• 4. Split and crop the desired AVCHD video files to reduce video size.

1. Compress AVCHD via video compressor

Step 1. Download and install Video Converter Ultimate, you can launch the program on your computer. Go to the Toolbox menu and click the Plus button to import the AVCHD files.

Step 2. Tweak the video size, video format, resolution, bitrate, and more other resolutions. Moreover, you can simply adjust the slider to get the desired video size for AVCHD videos.

Step 3. It enables you to preview the 10 seconds. Choose the destination folder and click the Compress button to reduce the AVCHD videos according to your requirement.

2. Shrink AVCHD with video settings

Step 1. Go to the Converter menu and click the Add Files option to import the AVCHD videos into the program. Click the format profile on the right side of the video to choose the MTS/M2TS video format.

Step 2. Click the Gear icon to set up the video codec, audio codec, frame rate, resolution, bitrate, and more others to reduce the size of AVCHD. There are more presets than the online version.

Step 3. When you are ready, you can click the arrow next to Save and choose the destination folder. Click the Convert All button to shrink the AVCHD videos.

3. Trim AVCHD to reduce video size

Step 1. Click the Scissor icon next to the AVCHD video to set the Start and End point of the video. You can also preview the video and enter the duration to trim the desired part.

Step 2. Once you have cut out the desired AVCHD part, you can click the Save button. Go to the main interface and click the Convert All button to trim the AVCHD file.

More video trimming software are here.

Conclusion

This article introduced two methods to compress AVCHD video files. You can simply compress large AVCHD online without limitation with AnyMP4 Online Video Compressor. But when you need to reduce and customize the AVCHD videos, Video Converter Ultimate should be the initial choice. If you have any queries about AVCHD compression, you can leave a comment below to let us know.