Movie Clip (.MOD) problems

mommakim wrote on 2/6/2011, 7:51 AM

A client has given me video in the form of Movie Clip (.MOD) on a CD. I can view it in media player, but I have tried several ways to import in VMS 10.0 and can't get it. Is there a way to convert the clip to something compatible with VMS? Thx for any help

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musicvid10 wrote on 2/6/2011, 8:23 AM

First thing to try is rename the file extension from .mod to .mpg
If that doesn't work, you may need to convert it.

mommakim wrote on 2/6/2011, 9:11 AM

that doesn't seem to be working (or I'm not able to do it) so, how to convert?

musicvid10 wrote on 2/6/2011, 9:19 AM

There are many tutorials on the internet to show you how to change a file extension in your version of Windows. As I implied, that is no promise the file will play in Vegas, but doing it correctly is the first thing to try, for many good reasons. So don't give up until you are sure you have correctly changed the file extension from .mod to .mpg

Super by Erightsoft is the converter of choice for many here. However, I sense you may have trouble making sense of the interface, which is quite detailed. Something along the lines of Format Factory or another simple ffmpeg frontend may be more suitable.

You would want to try a straight remux to the .mpg wrapper first before re-encoding, which would be a last resort.

If you could upload a sample of your actual .mod media to Mediafire, then someone might have time to download it and give you some more explicit direction.

Good luck!

mommakim wrote on 2/6/2011, 9:37 AM

thnx...I will give it a go! I'll let you know...

mommakim wrote on 2/6/2011, 10:28 AM

Couldn't get the extension to work - BUT the conversion through eRightSoft super worked!!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge:)

musicvid10 wrote on 2/6/2011, 11:44 AM

Glad you got it working, and thanks for following up on your post.