Convert .MOD video to .MPEG

On the Panasonic SDR-T50 Video camera I have encountered the .MOD video file format, witch is not popular with many video editing software programs, with a little testing I found there is a simple fix. I think this is a better solution then converting the .MOD to a usable format and loosing some quality of the video.
1. insert memory card into your computer and locate all folders that containe these Exsentions (the last 3 leters in the file name)

MOV00A.MOD
MOV00A.MOI

or

MOV001.MOD
MOV001.MOI

The .MOI is a index file accompanying the MOD video file format used on many camcorders, such as the Canon FS-100 SD-card camcorders,JVC Everio, and the Panasonic D-Snap SD-card camcorders. and is not important to this tutoral. They are not needed for what I'm showing here they are for the camera only. Copy all folders that have the .MOD files to the Local Disk C

2.Download Flexible Renamer this will allow you to do many things, for this perpose we are just going to use it to change the file exstintions that we need. Unzip the file and open Flexible Renamer.exe
A.) In the left pain go to Computer or My Computer > Local Disk C > for me it was SD_VIDEO > PRG001 to PRG005

B.) in the Menu box to the right you will see Modify Extension click the small drop down arrow and select Replace Extension.

C.) type the Extension you want to change in this case MOD in the SrcString box, and what we want it to be MPEG in the DestString box click rename once then click ok , your Done.

Now you can use them in any editor of your choosing.

If you would like to join the videos together,I did because I had many small clips. I used CombiMovie.exe combine two or more mpg/mpeg files into a single continuous mpg movie. It uses the copy method and therefore works very fast, almost as fast as copying the files it self. CombiMovie is easy to use, just select the files to be joined and start the joining process. It offers a built in preview window that allows you to preview the parts before joining (or after).

Download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/iyflh6z8dcbqb0t/.MOD video to .MPEG.zip