Comments on: JVC Everio G Camcorders Review

By: nabolito

nabolito — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:58:14 +0000

Hello
No need to touch or rename the videos .MOD. It is a problem of codecs. Just download and install the AC3 filter codec to your computer (It is a freeware that you can google it). Install the AC3 filter and you can use the programs that comes with the Everio. No need to change anything.
Just copy your files and use power producer as usual.
Hope that helps.
Nabolito.

By: brett

brett — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:33:08 +0000

did you ever figure out how to get it into fcp?

By: EverioUser

EverioUser — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:46:43 +0000

Jagga- you, like all Mac automotons, have a conceptual issue with this item. You said you have trouble because the ‘new’ technology hasn’t ben made compatible with imovie. Look at it this way, imovie, and Apple, have faile dto make their product compatible with leading edge technology- again!

Mac is little more than an overglorified toy and Apple needs to miserably fail as a company.

By: Juno Brewster

Juno Brewster — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:27:58 +0000

I was given the JVC Evario 505 and as far as I am concerned it won’t even make a decent boat anchor. The battery charger is not the correct one, it does not seem to take stills on its SD Card and as far as “movies” it is not good. Since I have no receipt, I am going to donate it, the instructions and all the stuff that came in the box to a charity whose personnel might be able to figure it out. The only thing I am keeping is my SD card. I think I figured out how to erase the “movies”, but if not the new owner can see my grandkids and their dogs. This was touted as a point, shoot, download. I even read the book. Bah

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:17:52 +0000

It matters what kind of Mac you have. If you have the Mac PowerPC series you have more issues with the JVC files than if you have the Mac with the Intel processor. IMovie 8 isn’t compatible on the PowerPC Macs but works great with the Intel Mac. My camcorder the Everio JVC GZMG360 will work with IMovie 8, I have a Power Mac G4, so I had all the issues you guys have. I bought the JVC sharestation, which is great IF you just want to burn your info to a DVD

By: ebaymemb

ebaymemb — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:11:41 +0000

Hey SNEAKERS you DO KNOW where you can shove your JVC camcorder right?
If it doesn’t fit your tight but then press harder until tit does. Next time use that excuse for a brain to THINK before calling people losers! MORON! ;-)

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:26:11 +0000

Anyone saying this is easy to use is either working for JVC trying to spread disinformation or just out of their minds. I have an MFA in electronic media and years of video production experience. I also know a Graduate Professor in Video who can not get his to work. The GZ-HD7 makes proprietary TOD files. The software that comes with it to enable quicktime and final cut to read them does not work. The JVC website says to buy quicktime pro, which does not help, and after days of searching for fixes I found a download that allowed me to see the files in quicktime, but when I export them out they corrupt to nothing but a green screen, and if I try to look at them again in quicktime, they don’t work in there a second time.

By: Grammarsaurus

Grammarsaurus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:11:27 +0000

For pete’s sake, can nobody use then and than right? The author of this article, and many people of today’s illiterate generation write like they speak. The word “then” is used completely wrong here. Get it right…”than” is for comparison…

By: Greg Rodriguez

Greg Rodriguez — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:10:58 +0000

I have The Everio GZ-MG155 and an imac OS10.4.11.
It works wonderfully with iMovie, absolutely no need to change file extensions, upgrade software, or anything else.
Very pleased.

By: Faith

Faith — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:35:44 +0000

I have a jvc gz-mg505u and need software to download video and pics to my computer. Can anyone help me with this?

By: Faith

Faith — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:35:44 +0000

I have a jvc gz-mg505u and need software to download video and pics to my computer. Can anyone help me with this?

By: Faith

Faith — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:35:44 +0000

I have a jvc gz-mg505u and need software to download video and pics to my computer. Can anyone help me with this?

By: Javier

Javier — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:57:27 +0000

I bought a jvc gz-mg505us and i want to buy accesories, telephoto, video light, wide angle, battery, in a kit of accesories, but i dont know if only gz-mg 505 are usefull, or i can buy a kit of other serie?

By: Ang

Ang — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:48:31 +0000

Received GZ-MG21u as a Chrismtas Gift in 2006. Was recommended to purchased DVD Recorder. Best Buy rep. told me to buy JVC Cu-VD3U recorder as it was compatible with the G series. Come to find out it’s not compatible. Are there any DVD recorders compatible to this Everio model camcorder?

Thanks

By: Rita

Rita — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:02:48 +0000

I have a GZ-MG175EK. The camcorder is easy to use but incredibly frustrating to try and download footage and create movies. I’ve tried Power express and Power Producer but can’t save a project, importing files is difficult and though i’ve used free software to convert files, i cant change them to mpeg to use movie maker. I really regret buying this machine. I wish I had checked the quality of software for ease od use. I am reasonably computer literate and just can’t use this!!!

By: Michelangelo

Michelangelo — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:45:24 +0000

I recorded some video in 16:9 format. Now it’s being displayed as 4:3 format in Cyberlink PowerDirector as well as in Windows Mediaplayer. Anyone familiar with this or know how to fix it? Thanks!

By: Ditch 34 · Review of the JVC Everio Hard Disk Camcorder

Ditch 34 · Review of the JVC Everio Hard Disk Camcorder — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:31:49 +0000

[...] read the Everio directly because it uses USB2 and not Firewire (oversight #1), and as many over at Gadget Review have already figured out, the video downloaded from the Everio is formated as .MOD (the same as [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:49:59 +0000

I recently purchased the GZ-MG21u used. Pinnacle Studio will read the mod files directly. Just point to the folder where you copied the mod files and Pinnacle Studio will use them directly. Pinnacle Studio 12 is the latest version but I’m using Pinnacle Studio 10. I’ve used Sony Movie Studio and Ulead Video Studio 11 but prefer Pinnacle Studio for it’s easy of use.

Like others have found out you must use the non-HC SD cards or the camcorder won’t recognize the card. A firmware update would take care of this but I haven’t found any firmware updates available yet.

By: Redimon

Redimon — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:53:17 +0000

Oliver (Post#125),

I was having the same problem as Peter but since going back to non-HC SD cards I can at least use 4GB SD cards in my GZ-MG505. Thanks for the tip. I just wish I could fin non-HC 8GB SD cards!

Anyone know if there are any firmware updates out there for JVC cameras?

P.S. Never had any real issues with any of the JVC cameras I’ve owned. Even my old trusty DV camcorder still works.

By: Rookie

Rookie — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:29:07 +0000

I own a GZ-MG155U camera and the manual I was given says this camera will record MPEG2 files as well as MOD files so I am wondering where inside of my camera can I change those settings to record MPEG2 and not MOD. If the manual says the camera is capable of recording MPEG2 files then there would be no point to convert them anymore. So anyone know how I can do this?

P.S. For my PC