How to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format?

Want to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 for playback as a pastime? Since iPhone 4 does not directly support MTS and M2TS files captured by an AVCHD camcorder/camera, to make it possible, you have to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format previously before syncing them to iPhone 4 with iTunes. To solve format compatibility issues, this guide will focus on the topic of how to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format with a third party software called Pavtube iPhone 4 Converter, if you are looking around for such a solution, just feel free to read on it at will.

BTW, besides copying AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format, the iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 files exported by Pavtube iPhone 4 Converter are also playable on other Apple products, like iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch and more. If you are an Apple fan, this AVCHD to iPhone 4 Converter is nearly universal for all of your Apple devices.

HOW-TO:
How to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format?

Step 1: Download Pavtube AVCHD to iPhone 4 Converter, install and launch it.
Once launch it, you can click “Add Video” button to load MTS and M2TS AVCHD files to this program, or you can drag and drop your AVCHD files to it directly.

This iPhone 4 Converter supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple AVCHD files to it at a time. If you want to join all the imported MTS/M2TS AVCHD files into a single file, just check “Merge into one file” to achieve this goal.

Step 2: Choose H.264 or MPEG-4 as output iPhone 4 format
Click on the drop-down list of “Format”, and then strike “iPhone Video”, after that all the formats optimized for iPhone will pop up, the two specialized for iPhone 4 are among them, one is “iPhone 4 MPEG-4 640x480 (*.mp4)”, the other is “iPhone 4 H.264 720P (*.mp4)”, which one to choose is depending on your own needs. For instance, if you wanna copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264 format, you can select “iPhone 4 H.264 720P (*.mp4)”, if you want to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 MPEG-4 format, you can choose “iPhone 4 MPEG-4 640x480 (*.mp4)”.
 

Step 3: Set advanced settings
Supposing you would like to recreate file quality for your iPhone 4, you can click “Settings” button  to change video and audio parameters like codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample  rate, and audio channels.

One thing you need to notice when you use Pavtube AVCHD to iPhone 4 Converter to copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format is that iPhone 4 has its own format restrictions, so if you want to try your own luck to adjust audio and video parameters, you need to pay attention to the following information.
Video formats supported by iPhone 4:
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.

Step 4: Copy AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format
As soon as the above mentioned steps are finished, you can hit “Convert” button of this iPhone 4 Converter to begin copying AVCHD files to iPhone 4 H.264/MPEG-4 format. Once conversion is finished, you can press “Open” button to get the output H.264/MPEG-4 .mp4 files for your iPhone 4 with ease.

If you wanna watch Blu-ray movies and standard DVD movies on your iPhone 4, you can go to see How to convert Blu-ray and DVD movies to iPhone 4.