One of my users has a JVC camcorder. It records .MOD files that are not playable by default by Media Player 9 or 11. As a test I downloaded VLC. It does not play them either. But a tip on the Internet ...

I tried installing Nimovs codec pack but IO still didn't have any luck opening the files with Media player or the Playa (bundled with the Div-X 4 codec.) Anyone else had probs with the media player ...

Choosing the right encoding parameters can be as important as deinterlacing and noise reduction for producing top-quality output. We compared the quality of Windows Media, Apple’s H.264, and RealVideo ...