Have you collected a ton of TOD video files captured by JVC Everio video camcorders? Do you want to import the TOD files to Final Cut Express for editing? Or while you plan to import the TOD files to Final Cut Express, this editing program can not read the TOD video files. Actually I just encountered the issue last week. In order to solve the problem, I searched some related info about it. Now I will share with you the useful info here.
From wikipedia.org, I find that only the following JVC TOD camcorders generate videos in the format of TOD:
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)
In other words, all these camcorder users may meet the trouble about importing their camcorder videos to Final Cut Express, since Final Cut Express now can only accept the video formats MOV, MPEG-4, and DV. How to make it if I want to import the TOD files to Final Cut Express? I guess you may have the doubt like this.
Dont worry. There is Mac TOD Converter in the market now which is designed to convert TOD to any other popular video or audio format with ease, including converting TOD to MPEG-4, MOV, and DV.
Part one: Convert TOD to Final Cut Express with the best easy-to-use Mac TOD Converter
After launch this Mac TOD Converter here, install and run it. Click Add button to load the TOD files into this program. Then you can select the output format from the drop-down list Format as MOV, DV or MPEG compatible to FCE. If you need, you can also click the Settings button to adjust resolution, the aspect ration, bit rate, frame rate, codec and so on.
Tips:
this Mac TOD Converter is also a good editor which offers the special editing functions like cropping, trimming, merging/joining, effects and watermarks to improve and perfect the TOD files by clicking the Edit button on the main interface beside the Add button. Remember select the video files you want to edit before you click the button. Otherwise, the button will not active.
Click the Convert button to start video conversion. This program supports batch conversion if you need you can use the function.
Part two: Import the converted video files to Final Cut Express
Once the video conversion is finished, you can get the converted files from the destination and then import them to Final Cut Express as below:
Launch Final Cut Express, click on File ] Import files to import the converted video files to it. Then you can preview them from the screen on the right as well as edit them with FCE.
Thats all. Hopefully this article will greatly help you.