.tod is an informal name of tapeless video format that is used only by high-definition camcorder range of JVC camcorder (I.E JVC Everio). The JVC is such a camcorder that can use both the MPEG-2 and AVCHD format, while iMovie won't work natively with AVCHD video and MPEG-2 files produced by these cameras. The propertied format also put many other video editing programs like adobe premiere pro 1.5, Finalcut Pro, Windows movie maker(windows) in a embarassed situation for their incapability to understand it.

There are ways to import the .Tod into your Mac, but you must convert them to another format (DV or MPEG-4, for example) to work with them in iMovie. When importing these AVCHD files into iMovie or Final Cut Express, they are converted to the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC).These AIC files consume a lot of storage space on your Mac, and editing them requires a fair amount of processing poweryou need an Intel-based Core Duo processor or better.

The simpliest way is to convert .Tod to another file format other than AIC, and you may be able to work with that converted file on a PowerPC Mac or a slower Intel Mac. Tod Converter for Mac is the right program you need. It enables you convert .tod to other common formats like avi,mpg,mp4,mov that denefinitly supported by iMovie and FCP. Tod converter for Mac use least time and give out highoutput video quality. you can also extract audio from .Tod and take snapshots at will.

Convert between almost all popular video formats:
Importable video formats: Tod, MPG, Mod, MP4, MKV, VOB, 3G2, 3GP, MOV
exportable video formats: AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, DV, MKV

Extract soundtrack from video & convert between audio files
importabe audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC,M4A, AC3, MP2
exportable audio formats: mka, mp3, wav, m4a, aac, ac3 ,aiff, amr ,flac, wma ,mp2

Take snapshots and store them in different image formats:
jpg, bmp, png

make video for various media players:
iMovie, ITunes, QuickTime, FinalCut Pro, iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, iriver, Zune etc

Video Cropping
Cut out unwanted part in the frame like subtitle, black sides in the frame.
solutions for output aspect ratio :Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3.

Trimming
define the segments of the video that need to be converted

Effect and special effects:
to get your personalized output video effect, there are several buttons for you to freely play with.
set the video brightness, contrast, saturation
output the movie as Gray, old film, embossy
see the movie in a horizontal or vertical way

Total free of Adware and spyware

Online technical support and periodically program update service for free.

2007: GZ-HD7 (HDD, SD/SDHC card), GZ-HD3 (HDD, SD/SDHC card)

March 2008: GZ-HD5 (HDD, MicroSDHC card), GZ-HD6 (HDD, MicroSDHC card)

June 2008: GZ-HD30, GZ-HD40 (HDD, MicroSDHC card, dual TOD and AVCHD recording)

How to convert .tod to mpg/mp4/mov/wmv/flv/mkv/avi with Tod converter for Mac?

Kindly stay on the How-to page for just few seoconds, you will know how the Tod converter for Mac works immediately this part will mainly deal with how to convert video, extract audio from video or convert audio in between, how to take snapshots and finally how to make use of the effect features. A few minutes stay on this page will just take all your pain away in no time.

Step by Step on how to convert .Tod to avi/mpg/wmv/mp4/mov/flv/mkv
Step 1: Download and install Tod converter for Mac
Click here to download and install it by running TodConverterforMac.dmg



Step 2: Run Tod converter for Mac and select a .Tod video file you want to convert.
Click the Add File...to choose a file type that need to be converted, you are allowed to load more video files in different formats. while you can set an output path for the resulted video by hitting the Output drop-down list.



Step 3: Open Setting...for more video editing choices
A. Click the Trim button to set which segment of the clip need to be converted.
You can choose a small part of a video or the whole one to convert to the selected format



B. Click the Effect...to tune the saturation, contrast, brightness values and make sure are the one you preferred, preview the change on the screen.



C. Click the Crop button to cut the unnecessary part or black part of the movie.



Step 4: Convert video
This step will take you a moment to carry out the conversion process, the time vary with different parameters you and the file size itself.

main interface