How to Convert and Burn TOD Files to DVD Format

If you have a JVC Everio camcorder, most probably you will get home movies with .TOD extension. You will have no problem viewing them on your computer. However, you may want to watch them on your home DVD player through your TV with your family members. How to convert and burn TOD movies to DVD disc? Well, a professional yet easy-to-use DVD Creator helps you convert TOD to DVD with simple steps. Plus, this DVD Creator lets you burn TOD movies with various DVD menus and professional video-editing features.

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If you are a Mac user, please burn TOD to DVD on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included) according to the detailed tutorial of DVD Creator for Mac >>

1Add TOD videos to the TOD to DVD converter

Click "Import" button to browse you computer and add TOV movies to the tool. Then organize titleset as you like. Drag and drop one video or slideshow over another to combine the two together.

2Edit TOD videos

With professional video-editing feature, this TOD to DVD converter lets you edit videos cropping, trimming, adding watermark, etc. Now you may cut off the black edges of your video or remove commercials in your videos before burning.

3Burn TOD to DVD

Here comes to the final step: burn TOD to DVD. Click on "Burn" tab and there will be a window asking you to select aspect ratio, TV standard, etc. Then click "Start" to convert TOD videos to DVD. The burning time this DVD Creator takes depends on the size of the video.

What are TOD files?

The TOD file type is primarily associated with "JVC Everio" by JVC Americas Corp. Basically, TOD files are captured by a JVC Everio video camera, such as GZ-HD3 and GZ-HD7 and saved in a proprietary format that can be viewed using the Cyberlink software included with JVC video cameras.

Note: Some JVC Everio cameras also save video files with a .MOD extension, which is similar to TOD format.

How to play TOD files on PC?

The open methods are similar too: you can install a free VLC Player/KMPlayer which can play TOD and MOD files smoothly; or you may just simply rename TOD files to .MPG which could be playback in PowerDVD and other applications in most cases.