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How many different file formats for HDD camcorders

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- April 9, 2009 at 5:02 PM #43980
  
  Anonymous
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  I know that i’ve made comments on this on other people’s posts but I’d like to get a list of the different file formats used in HDD camcorders.
  
  To reiterate… I bought my dad a JVC (HD) HDD camcorder. The manual says it’s an HDV (MPEG) format, but the file extension is .TOD.
  
  I was wondering what other formats have been used? And why don’t they just record in MPEG format?
- April 10, 2009 at 1:43 AM #184290
  
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  “And why don’t they just record in MPEG format?”
  
  Apparently it is just an MPEG file. A quick google search implies that the reason for the difference is some kind of copyright issue.
- April 10, 2009 at 6:21 AM #184291
  
  Anonymous
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  That’s what I’m wondering.
  
  Because of this problem, it take two or three extra steps to be able to even watch the movies that you download from the HDD camcorder.
- April 11, 2009 at 12:07 AM #184292
  
  jerronsmith
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  I think you might just be able to change the file extension to mpg. I don’t use this format, but that is what some of the sites I looked it up on said you could do.
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