Transfer camcorder recorded video to iPad?

[Sebastian]

I like taking video with my Canon HF M56 to freeze the sweet memory wherever I go. Recently I tried to transfer some videos from the camcorder's memory to my new ipad air through my mac mini, I always failed with the error "video format incompatibility". How could I solve this problem? I do not want to sacrifice any video quality. Thanks!

[Dannel]

You need to convert your video to ipad recognized format mov or mp4. I know macx video converter free edition can convert video with prime quality. You still need to try anyway.

[chrisking]

If you record videos with your HF M56 in AVCHD format, when you transfer them to your iPad, you will get the error message like you described. In this case, a wise way is to convert the MTS video to iPad friendly MOV/MP4/M4V video with a video converter app like Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. 

[Janekong]

YOu can use some free converters to help you.: Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip, ffMPEG. 

Or even you can use VLC player! I find this player can play your mts files wihtout any rewarpping and you can convert your files into MP4 if you want. Awesome , right?

But to tell you the truth , if you want to keep the high definition of your videos, that may be a little difficult by those free apps. So I am considering update my free mts/m2ts converter from pav to the full one.