I am reluctantly taking a plunge into playing with an actual video camcorder, rather than the rudimentary video mode built into my digital camera. Turns out that JVC (and some other camcorder companies) use an .MTS file format, which is not compatible with Windows Movie Maker or with a number of other pieces of software. There are freeware video file converters out there but, if possible, I would prefer to avoid downloading and installing half a dozen clunky programs to find one that's easy to use, works, and doesn't screw up my computer.
Do any of you compooter gurus have a recommendation for a free, easy-to-use converter that will run under both Windows XP and Windows 7?