How to open Hard disk camera movie MPEG-2 program stream .mod files
Have you had trouble opening the mod file on your computer? What are mod files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is mod file?
A mod file extension is associated with the hard disk camera movie MPEG-2 stream file format used by tape less JVC camera recorders, Panasonic camera recorders and Canon camera recorders.
Hard disk camera movie MPEG-2 program stream description
Video files with mod file extension are standard DVD MPEG-2 VOB files with audio in Dolby Digital audio format. MOD video file format is used by the tape less JVC camera recorders (JVC EVERIO), Panasonic camera recorders (Panasonic D-Snap) and Canon camera recorders (Canon FS). The original founder of this format is JVC.
The mod files are stored only on camera's hard drive or memory card. If files are transported by the camera software to the computer, the file extension mod will by changed to file extension MPG or MPEG. Audio and video data will be modified for perfect playback in a computer.
If you exported files from the camera recorder directly to computer, not through camera software, you can change file extension MOD to file extension MPG or MPEG and play a video file in media player, that supports playback of video files with MPEG2 compression (DVD-MPEG2) and playback of Dolby Digital audio format (mod files contains MPEG2 video data and MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio data).
This method has sometimes problems with malfunction playback, like missed video or audio. The recommended media player, that has no problem with MOD playback, is VLC Media Player, but VLC Media Player has mod file associated as Tracker Module (sound file) and it is necessary to change mod file extension to MPG or MPEG file extension.
If you have to play the mod video file in VLC Media Player without renamed file extension, VLC Player will report, that the file is corrupted or it is not the Tracker Module audio format. Other recommended media player is Microsoft Windows Media Player version 12 and higher, but also file extension mod must be changed to mpg or mpeg.
Suggested software to open mod file
VideoCam Suite
A video editing software for Windows
There are other MOD filename extensions with the same .mod suffix
mod - Audio module
Files with mod file extension might commonly be found audio modules, also known as sound trackers.
mod - CADdy++ mechanical 2D/3D model data
A mod file extension is related to the CADdy++, a CAD modeling tool. A mod file stores 2D/3D model data.
mod - CATIA V4 model
A mod file extension is associated with the CATIA V4, modeling tool. A mod file stores model.
mod - EPOC Model definitions file
mod - Femap data
Files with mod file extension might also be CAD files from Femap engineering program.
mod - Fortran module file
Files with mod extension are used by the Fortran programming language.
mod - GLPK GNU MathProg model file
Files with mod extension are used by the GNU MathProg.
mod - Microsoft Multiplan spreadsheet
A mod file extension is related to the Multiplan a spreadsheet program. A mod file contains spreadsheet. Obsolete software.
mod - Microsoft Windows kernel module
A mod file extension is related to the Microsoft Windows operating system. A mod file contains kernel module.
mod - Model
Files with mod file extension may also be found as very unique biology model files from the Sequence Alignment and Modeling System by the UCSC Computational Biology Group.
mod - Modula-2 programming language source code
A mod file extension is related to the Modula-2 programming language. A mod file stores source code.
mod - Monarch data
A mod file extension is related to the Monarch (Datawatch Modeler).
mod - MS-DOS implementing support for Windows DLL's
An mod file extension is associated with the Windows and MS-DOS systems. An mod file stores MS-DOS implementing support for Windows DLL's.
mod - Neverwinter Nights module file
mod - Peachtext database
A mod file extension is related to the Peachtext a text editing tool for CP/M operating system. A mod file stores some kind of database.
mod - PHP source code
A mod file extension is related to the MODs written in PHP for phpBB.
mod - ProModel Optimization Software Suite model
A mod file extension is associated with the ProModel and used for its model files.