How to import Panasonic SDR-S series video to iMovie
As camera users, take the video record off the camcorder and edit them in movies maker tool is an effective way to perfect the footages. Focus on our Mac users, iMovie is a first consideration to do this job. When someday you use your Panasonic SDR-S26 recorded your family vacation memory and is ready to upload to iMovie, but only found that all of the footage is .MOD, unfortunately, MOD(MPEG-2) footage generated by Panasonic SDR-S26 or SDR-S50, SDR-S25 is not supported by iMovie friendly formats.
The common solution is to rename MOD to AVI or MPG files for it can be better compatible with Mac program. I have test it but found the renamed .avi or .mpg video has bad quality effect. So how to convert MOD to the target video format with satisfying result becomes a common issue. Anyway, there is Panasonic SDR MOD Converter for Mac which makes you transcode MOD format into iMovie, FCE or FCP supported video format like DV, of course, a wide range of multimedia output formats are acceptable: MOV,FLV, H.264,M4V,etc. Therefore, the MOD Video Converter should be your best choice to hackle the format incompatibility.
The program can be applied in the most of Panasonic SD camcorders:
Panasonic SDR series MOD camcorders: Panasonic SDR-S100, Panasonic SDR-S150, Panasonic SDR-S10, SDR-H18, SDR-H200, SDR-H20, SDR-H60, SDR-S7, SDR-SW20, SDR-SW21, SDR-S26,SDR-S50, SD-T50P, SDR-T55P and SDR-H85P and more.
Other Key functions of MOD Video Converter for Panonsonic SDR camcorders:
1. Convert MOD to almost any multimedia formats:
SD Video format: 3GP, 3G2, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, FLV, SWF, MKV, DV, RMVB/RM, AVI, DIVX, WMV, M4V, MOV, AMV, MTV, SMV
HD Video: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MOV, WMV, AVI
Audio files: MP3, WAV, AAC, AC3, AMR, MP2, Flac, OGG, AIFF;
2. Export MOD to vaious popular handy devices:
iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, BlackBerry, Gphone, iRiver, Palm, Walkman, etc.
3. Import MOD to Mac-friendly applications
iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, etc.
4. Personalize MOD clips
clipping MOD, Merging several MOD clips into one, edit MOD video effects, alter video parameteres and more.
You can convert MOD video as follows:
1. Load Panasonic MOD video
On the top left corner to click "Add File" to load your Panasonic MOD files to the app.
Select iMovie friendly formats as output format
Move your mouse icon to "Profile" to open the drop-up list to select MOV, MPEG4 or DV as output video format.
3. Start Conversion
Hit "Start" button to convert Panasonic SDR-S MOD video into iMovie. After the conversion is finished, you can edit your converted Panasonic MOD videos in iMovie freely.