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How to Convert MOD to MOV on Mac and Windows

Digital camcorders, including JVC Everio or other JVC cameras or some Panasonic brand of cameras, save the videos in MOD video format. Sometimes after you shot lots of MOD footage, you might want to import MOD clips from you camcorder to iMovie or Final Cut Pro to edit them, or directly play them on you Mac X. However, those MOD files have limited options of video editing and playing.

To do so, you have to convert MOV files to another format, like MOV and make them compatible with other programs on Mac. Video Converter for Mac is the very software that supports the conversion from .MOD to .MOV on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included). What's more, MOD to MOV Converter for Mac is so versatile that it also supports conversion among virtually all popular video and audio formats, such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, MP3, AAC, and so on. The program has its equivalent version for Windows users - Video Converter for Windows.

Here below we take converting MOD to MOV on Mac for example. Please download this its Mac version firstly, and double click the .dmg image to install with the wizard instruction.

Step 1: Add MOD files to this MOD to MOV converter for Mac

Click "Add" button to open the file browser window and navigate to the MOD files you would like to convert. You can also directly drag-and-drop files to the interface of this Mac MOD to MOV Converter. It also supports batch conversion, which allows you to import and convert multiple video files at the same time.

Step 2: Select MOV as output format

Click "Profile" drop-down list near the 3D icon, and then choose “MOV” as output formats.

Edit MOD files before the conversion: (optional)

If you want to make your video more sharable, utilize the editing capabilities in this Mac MOD to MOV Converter: trim sections out of your video clips, crop the video frame to get the desired part, split your video clips into small clips, and even much more. Get more details with Video Converter for Mac user guide.

Step 3: Start MOD to MOV Mac conversion

After the settings and the previews of videos, click the "Convert" button to start converting .MOD to .MOV on Mac. Wait for the application to convert the file you imported to MOV format. The progress will be monitored under the files name. The conversion process may take a few seconds or a couple of minutes, depending on the file size and length of the MOD file you imported.

Camcorder Models (shot as .MOD format)

JVC: GZ-MG30, GZ-MG70, GZ-MG37, GZ-MG77, GZ-MG505, GZ-MG130, GZ-MG155, GZ-MG255, GZ-MG555;
Panasonic: SV-AV100, SDR-S100, SDR-S150, SDR-S10, SDR-H18, SDR-H20, SDR-H100, SDR-H200, SDR-S7, SDR-H200, SDR-H40, SDR-S50, SDR-H60, SDR-SW20, SDR-SW21, SDR-S26, SDR-T50P, SDR-T55P, SDR-H85P;
Canon: FS100, FS10, FS11, FS200, FS21, FS22