Hello:

I will really appreciate if someone can answer my question regarding prism I am trying to convert .VOB to MPG, I have version 1.17 of prism installed (free trial). It only converts 22 seconds of the 30 minute video. Yes I have tried saving the Video on my local drive, and the video that i am trying to convert does not have copyrights on it. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Julia

Hi,

I have a JVC Everio GZ-MG130 and am trying to find a video editing program that will allow me to show the date/time stamp on the video when converting it to MPEG file on the computer. I see several out there, however, either they require an IEEE cable (not a USB cable) or do not support the file type outputted by the camera. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

.mod to .avi or any other extension.

My JVC came with Cyberlink software that will produce the .mod files in any format you wish.

I actually make them in to .avi's and put them on to my mac in Imovie.

works like a charm!

I am very new to converting files and I am VERY lost. I am in the same situation as most of you with the JVC camera. I tried following Carolyn[HELPER] steps and I am lost from the very beginning. I downloaded the program to the link you posted, but I am unsure as to what to do next. All of my videos are in the browse videos portion of the program I downloaded onto my computer that came with the camera. Can someone help me and breakdown the steps a little further? Thank you so much!

What software do I use to build a TV Movie out of several of the .MOD files and burn it to a DVD? I would also like to use pictures in this movie. CyberLink only converts to AVI & MPEGs. Also, when creating an 18 min. AVI file, Cyberlink gave me an error of the file being to big??? What is the largest size acceptable in terms of minutes?

Elizabeth, go back to page one of this forum and the steps are clearly laid out for you. Basically however, once you have the prism installed on your computer, plug in your camcorder to upload your movie. When the task manager pops up, click on 'save files to computer'. Once you do that, you will see a list of mpeg2 files (mod) and other files.

For movies, use the mod files only. If you have 3 of them, minimize your .mod files, then add a new folder (or 3 new folders) to your desktop. Label them like a, b, c, d, etc. I use separate folders to keep them all straight but you can use one folder for all of them if you like.

Once you have that done, open your prism converter. Minimize it. Go back to your mod files and click/highlight the first one. Open the prism file and drag and drop the first .mod file to your prism. Then find and select the folder you want to create the files in on your desktop (a, b, c, d, etc.) AND choose your extension.

Use .avi extension for PC's or .mpg for MAC's. Then click on 'convert' in Prism. Do each mod file the same way. Drag and drop. You can also drag and drop them all into the prism and convert them all at one time. Both ways are a bit time consuming but relatively take the same amount of time. Just depends on how you like to do things.

After you're done, turn off your camera and disconnect it from your computer. Open Windows Movie Maker and import your files, one at a time. You are now ready to drag and drop your movie into the timeline and create it. Its really easy if you follow each step.

A Rahman - Use the same technique. You must convert your files to either .avi or .mpg to use them in WMM.

Thanks MW! You saved my day before Thanksgiving.

I have a new Dell PC with a Vista home basic OS. I can open and play my home made everio videos with PowerCinema NE but I am unable to produce DVD's. I click in the videos I wish to copy to DVD and get the following message (Do you want to make a disc with these files? DVD disc, 31 items with 0.0 MB to F:TSSTcorpDVD+-H653FD200).

I click OK and receive the following message (An error occurred. PowerCinema NE for Everio cannot finish the specificied task. Error code 80004005)

I used this program on my old PC which had an XP OS and it worked fine.

Any suggestions as to how this problem can be solved would be greatly appreciated.

Kindest regards,

Bill

I often read questions about 'no sound while burning *.mod files f.i. with Nero 6' or 'I can play *.mod files but I hear no sound' et cetera.

I own a simply videocam (JVC GZ-MS100) and I had the same problems.

Maybe this is the solution: I went to http://www.free-codes.com and I downloaded the AC3 codec (filter) named AC3 Filter 1.51a. Totally free. I installed this file on my PC and restarted my PC.

Conclusion: I had sound playing the *.mod files AND sound on my burned DVD's by means of Nero 6! By the way, Nero 6 reads the *.mod extension. Maybe this will be a little help for those who are scrolling the whole internet looking for solutions.

Furthermore, I think (my experience) that the solution of converting the *.mod files to f.i. AVI, MPG et cetera ALWAYS means a loss of quality. So I think that the AC3 filter (or codec) is a pleasant alternative. Please let me know if this will help you! Regards, Berend.

ATTENTION MAC USERS!!!! Hope this will clarify. It's quite long-winded...but it works...!!!

After reading many conflicting ideas put forward, here is a FOOLPROOF method I eventually found for converting .MOD files to either use as a simplified view on your Mac, or for converting these files for import into iMovie HD.

SIMPLE VIEW
1) Plug in your DVD camera to your Mac via USB (Panasonic SDR-S7 or other using .mod extension as standard files).
2) Copy/Drag the SD_VIDEO folder onto your desktop from the 'NO NAME' icon which are the contents of the camera's memory card.
3) Locate the .mod files in the program folders and extract these to another created folder on the desktop, say for example: "Newpics1". Ignore the .MOI files or any other file types.
4) In this new folder, convert/rename all these .mod extension files into .avi. Simply retype the replacement letters in the file name. You will be prompted for this each time you replace the .mod suffix, and simple confirm "use .avi"
5) Go to the following website and download and install this application (Binary Version of VLC Player release 0.9.8a):
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
6) Once installed, locate and open up the .avi files from your folder. You should now have no problem viewing (and hearing) your video recordings.
HOWEVER, TO CONTINUE AND IMPORT THESE FILES INTO IMOVIES HD....
You will need to do the following as these converted .avi files are unable to be read by iMovies. You may receive a Quicktime parsing error if you attempt this. No matter - here is the solution after completing steps 1-6 above.
7) Go to this website and download and install the application ffmpegX:
http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
8) When the application is opened, follow the instructions for downloading the 3 binary files required. Simply copy and paste the web locations and download the 3 small files to your desktop (they are called mpeg2enc, mencoder & mplayer). Then target these three desktop files by pressing the 3 'locate' buttons in the pop-up window whihc appeared on launch of the application. Enter password and confirm.
9) The ffmpegX application should now open.
10) Drag your .avi files, one at a time, into the 'from' area of the source format window (ignore the window if it remains on caption 'mpeg' - it does not affect the process). The important reference is at the top where the 'Open' file should show the .avi suffix.
11) Go to the dropdown menu from the small arrow in the "To" area of the Target format window. Select the .MOV option from the dropdown.
12) Hit the 'encode button and your file should then be converted into a .avi.ff.mov file, and be stored in the same location as the imported .avi file, or you can store it under a different name using the 'save as' function in the main window of the application.
13) Open IMovie and drag and drop your new avi.ff.mov files into the various windows.
14) You should be all set

Hope this helps you Apple folks out there

G

I have a JVC100 SD Camcorder. I'm trying to edit the movie having no luck and driving me MAD any help?? None of my editing programs will even recognise that there's a movie!

Max

And the above.
I GOT THE ANSWER

I usually do not get on message boards, however I own a JVC Everio and had to give out some information.

I tried several of the above contributors tactics in converting MOD. files to play on Widows Media Player, Media Center and Photoshop Elemements 4.0. I Run Windows Vista Ultimate. I did have some success converting my video (MOD.) files to photoshop and was able to create a nice movie from my video clips - thumbnails and all.

I had a stripped down version of Roxio Creator that came with my software bundle.

HOPEFULLY HERE IS AN ANSWER FOR ALL OF YOU, THAT HAVE BEEN AS FRUSTRATED AS ME.

I researched and spoke to several technical support and sales consultants in the industry.

I purchased Roxio Creator 2009. I had to uninstall all of my stripped down Roxio 2006 that came with my system. I then loaded Roxio 2009. It was the answer to my prayers. I ordered it on Monday, January 26, 2009 and received it today. Between that time I spent several hours messing with these MOD. files.

Once I loaded the software (which took about 20 minutes) I was off and rollin. I was immediately able to transfer my files from MOD and Roxio creator turned them into AVI/MPEG 2 files; I was in heaven.

I spent $74 dollars with shipping to my door.

This program is my savior. This program will do it all from what I have seen in the last 2 hours, it has some similarities with Windows Media Player, DVD Maker and Media Center. However, from what I have seen so far it will capture all your photos, movies, MP3 and looks like anything other music or digital media; it even will let you convert VCR and cassette tapes if you choose from what I saw in the drop down menu.

Please, research this on your own, but this was the best fit for me and what I like about Roxio Creator 2009 in contains about 35 different types of media conversions for anything, even though I most likely will never use most of the program.

All I can say to all of you is what took me hours/days I mastered in a few hours and no more headaches.

I do not know how this posting site works or as a fact any other. But I hope this info helps some of you out and that to the above for your help, you reviews sent me in the rite direction.

Thanks

Tim

Ben M. The best format for Windows Media player is not surprisingly, .wmv It would be unusual if your movie software does not have .wmv as a choice of format. If it doesn't there are plenty of conversion programs. Prism is one that has been mentioned and is very good. AVS Video converter, Blaze Media Pro, and Media Convert are a couple of others that all work (I've tried them)