Camcorders of MOD video format and what is MOD?

MOD Camcorder:

JVC MOD camcorders

2004: GZ-MC100 (SD), GZ-MC200 (SD)

2005: GZ-MG30 (HDD), GZ-MG70 (HDD)

2006: GZ-MG37 (HDD), GZ-MG77 (HDD), GZ-MG505 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)

2007: GZ-MG130 (HDD), GZ-MG155 (HDD), GZ-MG175 (HDD, SD/SDHC card), GZ-MG255 (HDD), GZ-MG555 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)

2008: GZ-MS100U (SD/SDHC card)

2008: GZ-MG7230 (30 GB HDD, MicroSD)

2009: GZ-MG630 (60 GB HDD, MicroSD), GZ-MG670 (80 GB HDD, MicroSD), GZ-MG680 (120 GB HDD, MicroSD)

JVC TOD camcorders

2007: GZ-HD7 (HDD, SD/SDHC), GZ-HD3 (HDD, SD/SDHC)

March 2008: GZ-HD5 (HDD, MicroSD), GZ-HD6 (HDD, MicroSD)

June 2008: GZ-HD30, GZ-HD40 (HDD, MicroSD, capable of both TOD and AVCHD recording)

Panasonic MOD camcorders

2003: SV-AV100 (SD card)

2005: SDR-S100 (SD card)

2006: SDR-S150 (SD/SDHC card)

2007: SDR-S10 (SD/SDHC card), SDR-H18 (HDD, SD card), SDR-H200 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)

2008: SDR-H20 (HDD, SD/SDHC card), SDR-H60 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)

2008: SDR-S7 (SD/SDHC card)

2008: SDR-SW20 (SD/SDHC card)

2009: SDR-SW21 (SD/SDHC card)

2009: SDR-S26 (SD/SDHC card)

2010: SDR-S50 (SD/SDHC/SDXC card), SDR-T50P, SDR-T55P (SD/SDHC/SDXC card, internal flash), SDR-H85P (SD/SDHC/SDXC card, hard drive)

Canon MOD Camcorders

2008: FS100 (SDHC), FS10 (SDHC), FS11 (SDHC)

2009: FS200 (SDHC), FS21 (SDHC), FS22 (SDHC)

MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga where the original trackers instead use a “mod.” prefix scheme, e.g. “mod.echoing”. A MOD file contains a set of instruments in the form of samples, a number of patterns indicating how and when the samples are to be played.

MOD and TOD are informal names of tapeless video formats used by JVC (MOD and TOD), Panasonic (MOD only) and Canon (MOD only) in some models of digital camcorders. Format names correspond to extensions of video files. Neither JVC nor Panasonic, who pioneered the format, explained meaning of the file extensions, and the formats were never given an official name. MOD is used exclusively for standard definition video files, while TOD is used for high definition files. Both MOD and TOD are file-based formats that are stored on a random-access media.

JVC was the only supporter of TOD format. In 2008 JVC released several hybrid TOD/AVCHD consumer models, and some AVCHD only models. Consumer high definition camcorders offered by JVC since 2009 record only in AVCHD format. Professional JVC tapeless camcorders, introduced in 2009, use XDCAM EX format, licensed from Sony. Like TOD, XDCAM EX employs MPEG-2 HD codec. Unlike TOD, XDCAM EX is widely used in professional video. As of 2009, MOD format is still being used in standard definition camcorders manufactured by JVC, Panasonic and Canon.

Related Software

MOD converter for Mac is a Mac MOD converter to convert MOD on Mac. It give a way to convert MOD on Mac. You can convert MOD, HD TOD, MKV and regular video AVI, M4V, ASF, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MOV, FLV, 3GP, 3G2, DIVX to 3GP, 3G2, MKV, MOV, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, M4V, FLV, SWF, DV and so on. So With it you will convert MOD to all sorts of players and applications such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen, cell phones, Zune, BlackBerry, Gphone, iRiver, Palm, Walkman, iDVD, iMovie, iTunes.

You can learn convert Canon FS video to Mac.