Convert MOD and TOD files generated by JVC camcorders on Windows and Mac
JVC camcorder users are usually troubled by MOD and TOD files that generated by their JVC camcorders, because the two formats generally can not be accepted directly by most video players or editors. If you want to enjoy these video files on your computer or portable devices, or even do some further editing with video editing software, you have to convert them to some other common formats previously. This article here will introduce you how to convert MOD and TOD files generated by JVC camcorders on Windows and Mac？If you are in need, please go ahead with it.
Part 1: About MOD and TOD:
or http://en.wikipedia.org/ can help you !
Both MOD and TOD are the informal tapeless video formats produced by certain digital camcorders. And both of them have never been given to any meaning explanations or official names by their creators JVC or Panasonic. The differences between them lie in: MOD are used by JVC, Panasonic, and Canon in some models of camcorders, such as JVC GZ-MG130, GZ-MS100U, GZ-MG255, Panasonic SDR-SW20, SDR-SW21, SDR-S26, Canon FS100, FS200, FS21 and so on, while TOD is only used by JVC camcorders, like JVC GZ-HD7, GZ-HD5, GZ-HD6, GZ-HD30, and GZ-HD40; Moreover, MOD is only used for standard definition video files, while TOD is exclusively used for high definition video files.
Part 2: How to convert MOD and TOD files on Windows?
Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube TOD Converter
Step 2: Import video files, select output format and specify store path
Add your recorded MOD or TOD files to this program, and select whatever formats you need from the drop-down list of “Format”. If you want to play on your cell phone, you can select 3GP; to play on iPod or iPhone, you can select MP4; to share online, you can select FLV. Meanwhile, press output folder to specify where to locate the output files, or you can use the store path set by default. Further more, suppose you need to join several files to be one, you can check “Merge into one file” to realize it.
Step 3: Set advanced settings:
You are allowed to do some advanced settings according to your own requirements. In this section, you are able to set parameters for output video, the bigger value, the better quality, but the larger size.
or http://en.wikipedia.org/ can help you !
Step 4: Convert
Pavtube provides you a friendly interface while converting, and all the conversion info can be found out in the following window, like total progress, the time have spent, the file size have been generated, as well as the possible left time and the entire size probably produced during the conversion.
Tips:
1. The converting speed of this software is 1-2 times faster than the similar converters. Batch conversion can be done in a few minutes. Merge multiple files into one file is also available.
2. It does not have the audio-video sync issues.
3. With exception of adding text as watermark, images, GIF animations, and videos can also be added as watermarks to realize the picture-in-picture effect.
4. You can use the “Trim” function to select certain video clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the “Crop” function to remove black edges or change the screen size.
Part 3: How to convert MOD and TOD files on Mac?
Step 1: Download, install and run Pavtube TOD Converter for Mac.
Step 2: Select formats and do advanced settings
Add your recorded MOD or TOD files to it, and select whatever formats you need from the drop-down list of “Format”. If you want to edit with iMovie, you can select MOV or MP4; to play on your cell phone, you can select 3GP; to play on iPod or iPhone, you can select MP4; to share online, you can select FLV.
Meanwhile, you are allowed to do some advanced settings according to your own requirements. For instance, you can reset the screen size or change the bit rate. Increase the bit rate, video quality will be improved, while file size will be enlarged. Decrease the bit rate, file size will be reduced, while quality is inferior to the original.
Step 3: Export To
Set which destination folder the output files will be exported to. You can export them to the default path or specify a path to locate them by clicking “Browse”.
Step 4: Convert
Tips: Introduce you two more special functions to optimize your conversion.
Suppose to add logos or images on your videos to show your personalized settings or to reserve your own copyright? The following step will show you the methods of adding watermarks.
1. Add watermarks to your video
There are four ways to add watermarks, including adding text, adding images, adding GIF animations, and especially adding videos. Don’t you think a picture-in-picture function is really wonderful?
2. Audio Replace
If you want to add some soft music or some other audio resources to match your recorded videos, you can have a try about the function of “Audio Replace” to replace the original audio in your videos. You can click “Browse” to select which audio resources will be used to take place of the original audio.
Hope this article could definitely relieve your format troubles while handling MOD or TOD video files no matter you are a Windows user or a Mac user.
How to play Blu-ray ISO backups on WD TV Live
To play Blu-ray ISO backups on your WD TV Live, one thing you should know is that WD TV Live can well play ISO files from a USB drive, while network shares do have problems actually.
In order to get an ISO backup, what’s your workflow? As all I know, some people use tsMuxeR to back up the Blu-ray disc, and then converted it into an ISO using Daemon Tools. Personally, I use Pavtube Blu-ray Copy to make ISO backups for my Blu-ray discs.
or http://en.wikipedia.org/ can help you !
Within several clicks, this program can finish its task, and enables you to get an ISO image file. What you should do is just loading your BD files via “Source” option, and then choose “Image File (*.ISO)” from the pull down menu of “Target” to specify the destination folder. BTW, you’d better indicate your USB drive as the save path, or you need spend time to copy the ISO image to your USB drive repeatedly. Once the two steps finished, the backup process will begin, and then you just need wait for the resulted ISO files for your WD TV Live.
As long as copying task is completed, plug the USB into your WD TV, and connect it to your HDTV via HDMI cable, what you should do next is enjoying your BD movies on your widescreen TV leisurely.
One more thing I should mention is that some users have problems to play Blu-ray ISO files via their WD TV, but DVD ISO is working well. Not clear about the accurate reason, but another solution can be recommended. Since WD TV is able to beautifully playback HD MKV files up to Full HD 1080p, thus we just need a utility to convert BD files to HD MKV, and then everything will be OK. Because of the Blu-ray copyright issues, some discs are highly protected, we must take advantage of a powerful application to do so. In that case, the following Blu-ray ripper is suggested, it is able to remove nearly all kinds of BD protections, including BD+, AACS, and even MKB Version > 10 is supported as well.
This Blu-ray ripper allows users exporting “MKV HD Video (*.mkv)” format, and also enables users to reset audio and video parameters via clicking “Settings” button. You can set the resolution at 1920*1080 to remain 1080p quality of your Blu-ray movies, as well as keep 5.1 channel of the original surround sound. All in all, all the parameters like bit rate, codec name, frame rate, sample rate are all changeable in the following interface.
After your preferred settings for your WD TV have been set well, just click “Convert” button to start conversion. Once finished, you can watch them on your TV via WD TV with ease, and the high quality of the Blu-ray movie has never been changed at all.
Is this helpful? Hope it is.
Convert MKV to vob or mp4 for playback on PS3 with your needed audio track
I’m trying to convert an MKV files to the format of vob or mp4 for playback on my PS3. The thing is that the mkv file contains two audio tracks, English and French. For some reason, the French track is the default track, but I can understand English only, so I have to look around the Internet for a program that allows me selecting English track as output audio track. After trying out couples of converters, finally I came across Pavtube MKV Converter in a forum, and found some good reviews on it. It really saved me a lot. Share it here, hope it is exactly what you are looking for. Please find a step-by-step instruction from my following contents.
First off, you can free download Pavtube MKV Converter here.
1. Launch Pavtube MKV Converter and click “Add” button to load MKV files
As soon as the file is loaded, you can double click the file name to preview the movie.
2. Click “Properties” icon to select your needed audio track
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You are allowed to click on the drop-down menu of “Audio Stream ID” to see which one is your needed audio track. After your selection is done, do remember clicking “OK” button to save your choice.
3. Click on the pull down menu of “Format” to select mp4 or vob as output format for PS3
I chose “PS3 Video (720P) MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” for instance. To output vob files, you can select “VOB Format” firstly, and then select a format according to your own requirement.
4. Click “Settings” button to do advanced settings
If you want to adjust the video and audio parameters to achieve a special video and audio quality, you can click “Settings” button to adjust video and audio parameters like codec, image size, bit rate, etc to whatever you like. To get a smaller file size, you can select smaller values, but there will be some video loss to some extent; to get a better quality, you can select larger values, while the file size will be enlarged without doubt. That is to say you’d better make a good balance between the output file size and the file quality. If you are not good at it, you can totally skip this step, because the default settings can satisfy you needs basically.
5. Click “Convert” button to start converting mkv to mp4 or vob
Once finished, you can get the resulted files via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Now, it’s time to enjoy the movie on your PS3 via your wide screen TV.
The end! Hope this helps.
How to convert Blu-ray, standard DVD and various videos to a compatible format with iPad
Apple’s iPad features a 9.7-inch high-resolution 1024×768 multi-touch display, which not only makes it convenient and comfortable for users to read newspapers, magazines, and books, view photos, experience the web, see and touch emails, but also makes it perfect for watching any kind of video, from HD movies and TV shows to podcasts, music videos and more. Since iPad is without distracting keypad or buttons, you will totally concentrate on this big screen, and feel completely immersed in whatever you’re watching.
As of March 12, 2010, Apple fans in the U.S. are able to pre-order the iPad. The iPad is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. on April 3. Are you ready for watching video and Blu-ray or DVD movie collections on your iPad? If not, this tutorial will give you a solution to the problem of how to play iPad incompatible video files in a detailed way with Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate.
Before that, go to see the iPad supported video formats as below:
TV and video playback:
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Well, if your movies are out of the above categories, then please follow the following guide to do format conversion before your playback.
Step 1: Add videos, Blu-ray or DVD movies into this program
Click “Add Video” to import video files, and click “Load DVD” to import Blu-ray or standard DVDs.
or http://en.wikipedia.org/ can help you !
Step 2: Select “iPad” as output format
Click the pull down menu at the end of “Format” to select an output format for iPad. Here I choose “iPad Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” as an example.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters
You are allowed to adjust codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the popup window to optimize the output file quality. Do remember following Apple’s recommended settings I’ve mentioned in the above contents:
Video:
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second
Audio:
Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo
Step 4: Click “Convert” button to start conversion.
Once finished, you can get the output files for your iPad via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly.
How to enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies on iPad?
We all pretty much knew it was happening, and Steve Jobs didn’t let us down: Apple introduced a tablet device called the iPad in San Francisco on January 27. As Jobs said, the iPad is a creative product. It can perform a perfect performance in E-mail, enjoying photos, music and videos, and playing games. The one hundred forty thousand application in the utility store will enable to you do lots of things conveniently. The online iBook store can allow you to enjoy millions of books anywhere and anytime. Smart design and powerful function will make iPad App fans’ favorite in the near future.
Video actually played a big role during the announcement, with Job’s saying that a new device only made sense if it was better at watching video, among other tasks, than current laptops and smart phones. And the fact is that iPad can do a good job in HD movies and TV shows playback. The 9.7— inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology will make you enjoy a more wonderful visual experience than ever. However, it is pity that there is no built-in optical drive, and the external drives are very expensive. So, how can we watch Blu-ray and DVD movies on iPad in an easy and cheap way? Here I will share the best solution with you all.
To rip Blu-ray disc and DVD, Blu-ray Ripper and BD drive are required. You may download Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper from here. It is naturally support DVD ripping and allows you to select audio track of any language of the movie. Now find a step-to-step guide below:
Step 1: Click “DVD ROM” or “IFO/ISO File” to import Blu-ray files.
Step 2: Click the drop-down list of “Format” to select an output format. Here I follow iPad-> MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” for instance.
Step 3: Click “Browse” button to look for and set a save path to store the output HD videos.
Step 4: Click “Settings” button to do advanced settings.
After clicking this button, you will enter the window shown below, on which you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters like codec name, bit rate, image pixel, sample rate, etc., in that way you can take charge of the output file size as well as image quality on your hands freely.
Step 5: Click “Convert” button to start Blu-ray ripping.
As long as the ripping work is finished, you can click “Open” button to find out the ripped HD files with ease. Then, you can transfer the generated file to your iPad to enjoy wonderful high quality Blu-ray movies.
Learn more: http://www.pavtube.com/guide/rip-blu-ray-to-ipad-compatible-format.html
Play Blu-ray movie with HDTV DVD Combo – Burning Blu-ray to DVD
HDTV DVD Combo features a built-in slot-loading DVD player, which provides an optimum way to save space. With the slim profile, it’s really an amazing experience to watch favorites TV shows and DVD movies on this device in your bedroom. But if your TV only has a standard DVD player but not the Blu-ray disc player, what is your solution to play Blu-ray movies on it? I’d like to know your ideas. I believe my way is somewhat helpful, just convert BD to a DVD format, and then burn it to a blank DVD for playback on the TV/DVD Combo, so share it here, and also be glad to hearing from you guys.
The software I used is as below:
- ReJig (freeware)
or http://en.wikipedia.org/ can help you !
- ImgBurn (freeware)
HOW-TO:
Part 1:
Firstly, use Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper to remove copy protections of Blu-ray movies, and meanwhile convert it to the DVD vob format.
1. Run Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper and click “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder” or “IFO/ISO” to load Blu-ray movies. Generally speaking, the file with the longest duration time would be the main movie, if you just need back up the main movie, tick off this one only.
Each file will be checked by default after imported, right click on any one of the files, and then there will be a popup window to let you uncheck all, just do it, and afterwards to tick off the checkbox before the file you need converted.
2. Click on the drop-down menus after “Subtitle” and “Audio” respectively to select your required languages and sound effect.
3. Select VOB as output format and specify destination folder
Click on the pull down list of “Format” to select VOB as output format and click on the folder icon at the opposite side of “Output” to specify destination folder.
4. Customize output settings
The popup window will allow you to adjust audio and video parameters including codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels to optimize the output file quality.
5. Click on “Convert” button to start BD ripping
Once finished, you can find out the output files via clicking on “Open” button with ease.
Part 2:
Then use ReJig to do DVD authoring.
It’s pretty simple with ReJig. Press “File Mode”; add your vob files and Demux.
When it’s finished, close that box and then select DVD Author. Add the video and audio files you’ve just created, and choose output destination folder, and click Create.
After DVD authoring is completed, you can open the destination folder to see that the output files are AUDIO-TS and VIDEO-TS folders, which are the correct structure for DVD burning.
Part 3:
Use ImgBurn to burn DVD
We have got VIDEO-TS folder in part two, so the DVD burning process with ImgBurn is pretty simple. Here give you two links to check the detailed steps:
How to write DVD Video files directly to single layer media using ImgBurn (DVD±R/RW)
How to write a DVD Video double layer disc using ImgBurn (Verbatim DVD+R DL) – just check the contents that start from adding VIDEO-TS folder of this guide.
The end! Hope this helps.
Enjoy all kinds of video files on Nokia N97, including MKV, WMV, AVI, M2TS, TiVo
The Nokia N97 smart phone is designed to meet the needs of the multimedia hungry mobile phone users. Besides Internet browsing, geo-location based services, social networking management, access to high-speed wireless services, serving the needs of business user with a document viewer and advanced email capabilities, it also has a strong emphasis on multimedia capabilities, including video, audio, etc., that is to say it can be considered as a MP3 Music Player as well as a Video Player. With a 3.5″ screen, it will make watching video on the phone an enjoyable experience.
These days, videos sources are packaged in different sorts of file formats, like MKV, WMV, AVI, M2TS, TiVo, etc., the thing is that, like many other handheld devices, Nokia N97 is not versatile, it recognizes files selectively only, following is the detailed info:
Video Playback Formats:
3GPP formats (H.263), Flash Video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, RealVideo 7, 8, 9/10, and WMV 9
Video Playback Frame Rate 30 fps
Audio Formats:
AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AU, AWB, eAAC+, M4A, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, RealAudio 7, 8, 10, RMF, SND, SP-MIDI, True tones, WAV, WMA, WVE
Everyone wants to watch videos and movies on their smart phones, to make all kinds of video files workable on the device, Pavtube Video Converter would be a good choice, because it is capable of converting almost all kinds of videos to Nokia N97 acceptable format. The step-by-step instruction of how to convert videos for Nokia N97 via this video converter is written as below:
Step 1: Click “Add” button to load video files into this program
Step 2: Click the drop-down list of “Format” to select output format for Nokia N97
There is a specific format profile designed for “Nokia”, according to the specifications of Nokia N97, “Nokia MP4 series (*.mp4)” would be the proper choice.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to do optimal settings
Because N97 has 640X360 pixels, to watch videos in full screen, we’d better set the aspect ratio at 640X360. Here are my settings – full screen, good quality and sounds well:
Video Resolution: 640*360
Video Bitrate: 768 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Video Format: MP4
Audio Format: AAC
Frame rate: 30fps
Sample rate: 44100hz
Audio Channels: 2 Channels
Step 4: Click “Convert” button to start conversion
Once all the conversion is done, you can get the output files via clicking “Open” button. Then, you can enjoy the converted files on your Nokia N97 effortlessly. Good luck.
How to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies
To avoid the original Blu-ray and DVD discs being scratched by frequent use, it is a good idea to copy and save them as video folders, or burn them to another blank Blu-ray disc or DVD disc as backups. When it comes to this point, a practical program written for this utility is necessary. In my article here, I’d like to take Pavtube Blu-ray Copy for example to show you how to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies via it in detail. If you are looking for such a solution right now, you can feel free to move on with the following paragraphs.
First of all, what can Pavtube Blu-ray Copy do for you?
1. Make perfect 1:1 copies of Blu-ray and DVD movies
2. Support disc to disc, disc to folder, and disc to ISO backup to meet your multiple needs
3. Copy Blu-ray and DVD movies with flawless quality
4. Free you from the annoying protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies
5. Directly burn Blu-ray and DVD movies without other burning software
Okay, now let’s have a look at its simple operating steps.
Step 1: Select Blu-ray or DVD source file
Click the drop-down list of “Source” to select Blu-ray or DVD source file. You can select from BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, and Image File (*.ISO).
Step 2: Select Target
Click the drop-down list of “Target” to select destination folder, your target can be BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu- Ray/DVD Folder, or Image File (*.ISO).
Step 3: Entitle Disc Label
If your target is a blank disc, then you can type your wanted disc label into the textbox after “Disc Label”
Step 4: Click “Start” button to begin copying and burning
Additional tips:
The “Options” window will pop up as soon as you press the red circle marked icon at the left. To burn a disc to a blank disc, the program will generate some temporary files previously, and then burn them to the blank disc. The temporary files will be saved in a default folder, if you want to save them in your specified folder, you can click the folder icon at the end of “Work Space” to change. Furthermore, you are allowed to tick “Delete temporary files” and “Shut down computer automatically”, so as to save your storage space and manage your time in a proper way.
Convert M2TS files to AVI for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus
Even though it is announced that Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus software has added
AVCHD camcorder support and users can import and edit high definition footage from AVCHD camcorder discs, and convert to standard definition formats, but I still met troubles while importing the HD .m2ts files captured by means of a HD Sony Handycam type HDR-CX11E (PAL), I guess it is not as powerful as it claims.
I have to look around for a practical and affordable program to help me out. My only objective is to convert these .m2ts files to .avi files, so that I can edit them with Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus, and burn them into a SD DVD for playback on the DVD player connected to my TV, as well as computer DVD Player software on computers. Fortunately, I came across Pavtube HD Video Converter, it is easy to use and helpful, I finally successfully converted .m2ts files to .avi format, and the output files are in good quality, without any problems while editing in MovieFactory 6 Plus. It is my pleasure to share this HD Video Converter here. Following is the detailed steps, absolutely easy enough:
1. Click “Add” button to load .m2ts files to this application
2. Select AVI as output format and specify destination folder
Click the drop-down menu of “Format” to select AVI format for Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus. Meanwhile click the folder icon at the end of “Output” to specify where to locate the output AVI files. By the way, if you wanna combine multiple .m2ts files into a single file, you can tick the checkbox “Merge into one file”.
There are “Common Video” and “HD Video”, both have AVI options, you can choose one according to your own needs.
Common AVI:
HD AVI:
3. Set advanced settings
Click “Settings” button, then the following window will enables you to adjust all video and audio parameters on it, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. That means you can customize the settings in your own ways.
4. Click “Convert” button to start conversion
Once finished, you can get the output AVI files via clicking on “Open” button. After that, Corel Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus will be able to recognize these files. You can now edit the files and author them to a new DVD.
How to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies
To avoid the original Blu-ray and DVD discs being scratched by frequent use, it is a good idea to copy and save them as video folders, or burn them to another blank Blu-ray disc or DVD disc as backups. When it comes to this point, a practical program written for this utility is necessary. In my article here, I’d like to take Pavtube Blu-ray Copy for example to show you how to directly copy or burn Blu-ray and DVD movies via it in detail. If you are looking for such a solution right now, you can feel free to move on with the following paragraphs.
First of all, what can Pavtube Blu-ray Copy do for you?
1. Make perfect 1:1 copies of Blu-ray and DVD movies
2. Support disc to disc, disc to folder, and disc to ISO backup to meet your multiple needs
3. Copy Blu-ray and DVD movies with flawless quality
4. Free you from the annoying protections of Blu-ray and DVD movies
5. Directly burn Blu-ray and DVD movies without other burning software
Okay, now let’s have a look at its simple operating steps.
Step 1: Select Blu-ray or DVD source file
Click the drop-down list of “Source” to select Blu-ray or DVD source file. You can select from BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, and Image File (*.ISO).
Step 2: Select Target
Click the drop-down list of “Target” to select destination folder, your target can be BD ROM, DVD ROM, Blu-Ray/DVD Folder, or Image File (*.ISO).
Step 3: Entitle Disc Label
If your target is a blank disc, then you can type your wanted disc label into the textbox after “Disc Label”
Step 4: Click “Start” button to begin copying and burning
Additional tips:
The “Options” window will pop up as soon as you press the red circle marked icon at the left. To burn a disc to a blank disc, the program will generate some temporary files previously, and then burn them to the blank disc. The temporary files will be saved in a default folder, if you want to save them in your specified folder, you can click the folder icon at the end of “Work Space” to change. Furthermore, you are allowed to tick “Delete temporary files” and “Shut down computer automatically”, so as to save your storage space and manage your time in a proper way.