How to work with .MOD files from a JVC video camera

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If you have a JVC brand video camera, you may have found that your footage files are in. MOD format, which is not compatible with many of the video players on the market. But before you try to return your camera to the store to exchange it for another brand, read the instructions in this article to convert. MOD files and enjoy the recorded material you already have.

Steps

Step 1. Convert your. MOD files to. MPEG

Videos in. MOD format are really just MPEG2 files with a different extension. There are two ways to get other programs on your computer to recognize that your recordings are simply "disguised" MPEGs.

Use the Cyberlink software package to edit video (for computers where it is shipped from the factory). After transferring the. MOD files to your computer, you can open PowerDirector and import them. Drag each of them to the timeline in the desired order and click the "Produce" button. With this you will have the option to choose in the export options to save your movie as a standard. MPEG file. It is also possible to drag just one file at a time to the timeline, to export each recording individually and have separate. MPEG files.
Or, change the extension in the name of the videos. When you are in Windows Explorer, if you cannot see the extension of the files, change the configuration so that it is displayed, and change the name of each video so that its extension changes from. MOD to. MPG.

Step 2. Open the files with their new name using a media player or video editing software

It may not work, or it may only work partially; for example that only the image is seen without the sound or vice versa. Even when you have converted the files to MPEG2, indicating to the system that their extension can be the same as other files of that format, there are some products that are not compatible with MPEG2. The display may indicate that a codec is required to play the video.

Step 3. Download the necessary codecs

Step 4. Download a program that can read. MOD files

Step 5. Use the free license software "ffmpeg" to convert the files to AVI format, which can be used for various programs

You can find a compiled version for Windows here: ffmpeg. Ffmpeg is a command line tool to re-record files in other formats without affecting their quality: For example, ffmpeg.