Last updated on 2014-07-03, by David Brooks

What is MOD/TOD

About MOD

MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga where the original trackers instead use a “mod.” prefix scheme, e.g. “mod.echoing”. A MOD file contains a set of instruments in the form of samples, a number of patterns indicating how and when the samples are to be played, and a list of what patterns to play in what order.

MOD and TOD are informal names of tapeless video formats used by JVC (MOD and TOD), Panasonic (MOD only) and Canon (MOD only) in some models of digital camcorders. Format names correspond to extensions of video files. Neither JVC nor Panasonic, who pioneered the format, explained meaning of the file extensions, and the formats were never given an official name. MOD is used exclusively for standard definition video files, while TOD is used for high definition files. Both MOD and TOD are file-based formats that are stored on a random-access media.

MOD video can be viewed on a computer with a player that is capable of reproducing MPEG-2 video. This video can be easily authored for watching on a DVD player, like WinX DVD Player, without recompression, because it is fully compliant with DVD-video standard. And TOD format is comparable with AVCHD, but cannot be directly played on consumer video equipment. Media files must be packaged into distribution formats like HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc, using authoring software.

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Related Source
AVCHD, M2TS, MTS, MOV, MP4, MKV, AVI

References
How to Convert MOD to iPod MP4
How to convert MOD to MKV freely?

External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOD_(video_format)