Import and Edit TS Files in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5

What is TS?

TS is short for Transport Stream. TS files are MPEG-2 video files and it is a standard format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and data, and is used in broadcast systems such as DVB and ATSC.

How to import TS files to Adobe Premiere Pro?

Option 1. As some guys suggest, .TS files are technically just MPEG2 files at a very specific resolution. We can try to rename the file extension from .ts to .mpg to allow Premiere Pro to see the footage.

We've tried the way. It in fact let us import the TS files to Adobe Premiere, but there is no audio track. We've reset some settings, no luck.

Option 2. A more practical way recommended online is to convert TS to a common format/container for using in Adobe Premiere Pro. And MPEG-2 is the optimal format.

To finish the task, you can get help from Brorsoft Video Converter.

Overall, it's the optimal TS converter for you, which can help you decode the TS files when converting into a different, and ideally more edit friendly, compression format like MPEG-2. So you can edit TS video with Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly. Besides TS, this video convert program can also help to convert between any popular video and audio formats as you need. Plus, with the built-in video editing feature of the program, you can trim, crop, add watermark and more to your video files. If you are running on Mac, please turn to its equivalent Mac version Video Converter for Mac.

How to Convert TS to Premiere Pro Editable Format

Step 1: Add TS files

After downloading, install and launch the TS file Converter; click "Add Video" and load your video files into it.

Tip: This program supports batch conversion to automatically convert multiple TS files one by one. And it also supports joining several TS videos into a single one.

Step 2: Select the output format

Click the format bar or the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format-Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) for Premiere editing easily.

Step 3: Specify the Settings

To get the best video quality and sound effect, you are allowed to easily adjust video/audio parameters such as bitrate, sample rate, frame rate, codec, channels, etc after clicking on "Settings".

Tip: Meanwhile, you could edit TS videos by using some editing functions of this professional TS to Premiere Pro, like cropping, trimming, watermarking, subtitles and more.

Step 4: Start conversion

Click the "Convert" button to start the TS to MPG conversion. When the conversion is finished, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MPG files effortlessly. Launch Premiere Pro on your PC, choose "File > Import to import converted TS files in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6/CC for further editing.