I was recently given two JVC HDD EVERIO cameras with my sisters wedding footage on them to create a video. This was the first time that I had transferred footage from a memory driven HD camera and the idea seemed pretty straight forward. It wasn’t.
Initially it is pretty easy. Just plug the camera into your computer and the camera’s hard drive will pop up on your screen. Find the files that end in .MOD and change their extension to .mpeg. You will receive a warning asking if you really wish to change the extension. Continue with changing it to MPEG.
After doing this, you should instantly see the footage in the thumbnail version of the file and can transfer it into Final Cut Pro.
The problem I ran into next was that the footage played perfectly in FCP but there was no audio attached. I found a great solution through the apple website forums in a free application called MPEG Streamclip by Squared 5. This application allows you to drag and drop a clip into the drop zone of Streamclip. Since I was working with HD and wanted to maintain a higher quality, I went to file > Export to MPEG-4 > and then I chose the settings I needed to maintain the widescreen ratio. Depending on your needs you can export the file to AVI, DV, QUICKTIME, etc.
The file is created and works perfectly in Final Cut. If using a JVC EVERIO CAMERA and FINAL CUT PRO definitly think about getting STREAMCLIP. You can find it here: http://www.squared5.com/
Below is a picture of how it looks on your screen.
Hope this helps!
-Josh
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May 31, 2009 at 5:05 pm |
Thanks for posting this work around. However, I still can’t get the audio to play in FCP without first rendering the clip. Did you have to do that as well, or do you have any other steps I need to take. Thanks.
September 30, 2009 at 2:59 pm |
Hey People… this is what I do:
I plug the JVC into my MacBook and I then copy the .mod files over to an external drive. I open MPEG Streamclip (which is totally free by the way).
I drag my mod files into Streamclip and convert them to DV-PAL (my cam’s not a High Def cam), and I have never had one single problem with FCP. No rendering at all. Unless it’s rendering an effect or something…
When I export the video files in Streamclip, I set the settings to 16:9 never 4:3 (unless shot in 4:3 of course). If you play the converted files back with QuickTime etc.. they ill look thin and stretched… but if your video settings are set correctly in FCP, then it will all work tip-top
My Sequence Preset in FCP is: DV50 PAL 48 kHz Anamorphic.
From .mod to .mov (DV-PAL) the files increase in size dramatically, but I got used to it… I just got a stack of external drives
June 3, 2009 at 9:47 am |
You can use iVerio Video Convert to convert multiple .MOD and .TOD video files from JVC Camcorders in once.
After conversion all your video files are dated and order and you can play or edit them in all video players Quicktime, Windows Media player, iMovie, Final Cut, Premiere …
Hope it will help.
Alain
September 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm |
Thanks very helpful!!!