I'll ask for forgiveness in advance if this comes off as a little basic to some

I just got the Canon HF100
also acquired Roxio Toast 9 Titanium
I mainly got Toast because I've read where it plays back .mts/.m2ts files which have been a problem for me and my Mac in the past

playing around with it a bit though I noticed that you could convert files
first, I try an .mts file from Canon ... no problem
next, an .m2ts created by a Panasonic .... good deal

I want to convert these files so they will play natively in QuickTime and the Finder Preview pane

I converted to both .mp4 and .mov and both worked fined
the .mov files were as much as 5x larger than the original :eek:

conversion options are
HDV (720p or 1080i)
h.264 player (up to 1920x1080 up to 60fps)
MPEG-4 player (mp4 improved up to 1920x1080/30fps)
QuickTime Movie (.mov) with options to de-interlace
as well as a few others options for portables / internet streaming

I'm wondering what is the best conversion to use, in order to retain the quality of the HF100's video, but making the files more OSX friendly ( without ballooning the files size to 10x the original)

Thanks

Are you using a Intel Mac? For reference, can you tell me the spec/config of your Mac? thanks.

I converted to both .mp4 and .mov and both worked fined
the .mov files were as much as 5x larger than the original :eek:This has happened to me several times depending on settings and what output file that I wanted.

I suggest that you experiment with small test source files (that convert quickly) and try diiferent settings.