Help with converting .MTS (AVCHD) to .wmv

[Rockstaru]

Alright, so I've recorded some clips with an HD camera that saves in the .mts format, and I've been trying to convert them to .wmv so I can edit them into a DVD. I've gotten the .mts files off the camera and ripped them to my computer. After installing K-Lite, they play fine in windows media player, but windows media encoder simply will not output a valid file; it either is a 5 or so KB file that won't play, or is a two second video clip with no audio.

At first I thought it was strange that the video was displaying the DivX logo in the bottom right corner, so I uninstalled that, thinking there might be a conflict. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled K-lite. That got rid of the DivX logo, and still played the files in windows media player. However, they still will not encode in windows encoder. I was able to do this successfully a few weeks ago when I recorded a concert; shortly after that I tried the windows 7 beta, decided that it wasn't for me, wiped my computer completely, and reinstalled, but with vista 64-bit instead of 32-bit. Could that be the issue here? I'm still using the 32-bit version of windows media encoder. If it comes down to it, I can use one of the school's digital studio computers to edit this, but I'd really like to figure out why I can't get it working on my PC.

Thanks!

[Rockstaru]

Nevermind. Switching to controlled bitrate instead of variable seemed to do the trick. No idea why, though.

[toonces]

If anything. Combined Community Codec Pack

that's a better codec pack.