How to Convert MOD to WMV AVI MP4 MOV MPG for Free

Nowadays, more and more people use camcorder to record something happy in their lives, such as birthday party, wedding, and graduation. While, maybe lots of you aren't familiar with these tools, and feel frustrated about how to play and edit MOD files produced by these camcorders, as well as how to convert those .mod video files to another popular video format, such as WMV, AVI, MP4 and MOV.

If you are holding such question, then you have come to the right place. In what follows, we are going to show you the best MOD converter software, and how to use it to convert MOD to MP4/WMV/AVI/MOV. But firstly, let's learn more about MOD files.

How to convert MOD to WMV/AVI/MP4/MOV/MPG

What is a MOD file

MOD file is a kind of video file format that is used on many digital camcorders, like JVC Everio GZ-MG30, GZ-HD7, Canon FS100, FS10, FS11, and Panasonic SDR-S100 camcorder. Standard definition video recorded by camcorder is stored in MPEG program stream container files with MOD extension. MOD video can be recorded in 4:3 and 16:9 formats. Mod video is fully compliant with DVD-video format and can be watched on a DVD player without converting to other formats. Actually, many camcorders also include the corresponding MOD converter for Windows and/or Mac to view MOD video on the computer.

Why do we need to convert MOD file

Since MOD file is not supported by iPad touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPhone6/6s/5s/4, Apple TV, PSP, Samsung Galaxy S6/S5/S4, Zune, Creative Zen, etc, if you want to import MOD files from your camcorders to play on portable devices, even burn to DVD to keep them, you have to convert them to other supported formats. There are some commonly-used video formats that you can put into your first consideration, such as MP4, MOV, MPG, AVI, etc.

How to convert MOD files to WMV/AVI/MP4/MOV on Windows or Mac

If you google across the Internet, you will find lots of options for you to convert MOD video to another video format. Some of them even can convert MOD files to many other video formats for free. For instance, Zamzar, an online free MOD converter, allows users to convert MOD to AVI, MOV and more popular formats. However, it only converts a MOD file with the size up to 50M for free. If the MOD file has a large size, you need to pay for your MOD conversion. Also, free MOD converter has limited features when using it to convert MOD videos. And MOD videos usually record something more private and personal. But those free MOD converters mostly are installed with much irrelevant advertisements, even with some viruses. Therefore, a paid MOD converter is suggested to covert MOD video files.

Aiseesoft MOD Converter is a professional and free video converter in the category. It can help you convert MOD videos from Panasonic/JVC/Cannon camcorder on PC. And MOD Converter is capable of converting MOD file to AVI, FLV, MPG, MP4, MOV, FLV, 3GP, and more playable formats, which let you enjoy them on your portable devices, such as iPhone X/8/8 Plus/7/6/6s/5s/4/4s, iPad mini, iPad pro, Samsung Galaxy, HTC, MP4 Player, PS3, etc. With this MOD converter, you can convert all your .mod files produced by camcorder to MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV and MPG without quality loss. And the conversion is very quickly. It supports Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP and macOS High Sierra.

Steps of converting MOD files to AVI/MP4/MOV free (take Windows for example)

Step 1 Download and install Aiseesoft MOD Converter for Windows on your computer.

Step 2 Launch the application and add MOD files.

Open the application, and then click the "Add File" button to browse your computer hard disc and load the MOD video files you want to convert to the software.

How to convert MOD to MP4/AVI/MOV/WMV/MPG - Add MOD file

Step 3 Set the output format.

Click the "Profile" button from the drop-down list to select the output video format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG, MP4 and WMV. You can click the "Settings" button to set parameters of your output video such as Frame Rate, Bitrate to get the best video quality as you want.

How to convert MOD to MP4/AVI/MOV/WMV/MPG - Set output format

Step 4 Convert your uploaded MOD files to MP4/AVI/MPEG/MOV/FLV.

When you select the output format and set the parameters of output videos, click the "Convert" button at the lower right corner of the interface.

How to convert MOD to MP4/AVI/MOV/WMV/MPG - Convert completed

After you convert MOD Video files with Aiseesoft Mod Converter, you can import MOD movie from your camcorders to Windows Movie Maker, iPod, Zune and PSP to play back them easily.