1. What are MOD files?
2. How to get MOD files off HD Video camera/camcorder to Mac?
3. How to play MOD files on Mac?
4. How to burn MOD to DVD on Mac?
5. How to convert MOD to MP4, MOV, DV,etc. on Mac?

Part 4, How to convert MOD to MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, etc. on Mac?

As a matter of fact that when you try to playback, import or edit such renamed .MOD video files, these may look horrible, with aliasing effects, distortion and images squeezed due to a wrong aspect ratio setup.

Unfortunately it appears that to edit or work with these files Mac users have a little more trouble to go through to get their MOD files into their favorite video player.

The .MOD video files are modified MPEG-2 files with audio in a non-standard Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound setup which Final Cut Pro, iMovie and most other Mac video editors cannot import natively.

Source: CamcorderInfo

For these reasons, Mac users will need in fact to purchase, albeit at a small price, something that will allow them to read properly video files such as MP4, MOV, FLV.

Convert MOD to MP4, MOV to put MOD files on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV

Step 1, Install and Run Video Converter for Mac

You can download it for free: Intel Version, Power PC Version.

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want it ).

Step 2, Load Videos

Insert your MOD videos from your Mac .Click the "Add files" button to load your MOD videos.

Step 3, Convert MOD to MP4, MOV, FLV, AVI, etc. on Mac OS X

This Mac video converter can convert video to all popular formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Cell Phone, Apple TV, Zune, Creative Zen, MP4 players and MP3 playesr and so on.

So you should choose the format you need before the conversion. Of course, If you don't know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.

You can also extract audio from MOD video to MP3 on Mac with this MOD Converter for Mac

Know more: How to edit, crop, trim MOD video files and capture pictures on Mac OS X

Convert MOD to DV to put on iMovie, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro

1. Change .mod file extensions to .MPG (and you can delete the .MOI files) (and maybe use xiafunge to batch this process for many files)
2. Get MpegStreamclip (free on the net) or equivalent software and open the .MOD files.
   Here is a tutorial: How to convert MOD to DV for DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie.
3. Output to DV format for hassle free iMovie and FCP editing. For top video quality, try using the DVCPRO codec.
4. Import files in DV format to iMovie, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro for editing

By converting the files using Streamclip you'll end up with a 100% DV conversion at the cost of a slight quality loss- nothing too bad maybe 3-5% quality loss.