tod is an informal name of tapeless video format that is used only by high-definition camcorder range of JVC camcorder (I.E JVC Everio).The JVC is such a camcorder that can use both the MPEG-2 and AVCHD format, while iMovie won't work natively with AVCHD video and MPEG-2 files produced by these cameras.

The propertied format also put many other video editing programs like adobe premiere pro 1.5, Finalcut Pro, Windows movie maker(windows) in a embarassed situation for their incapability to understand it.

There are ways to import the .Tod into your Mac, but you must convert them to another format (DV or MPEG-4, for example) to work with them in iMovie.When importing these AVCHD files into iMovie or Final Cut Express, they are converted to the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC).These AIC files consume a lot of storage space on your Mac, and editing them requires a fair amount of processing power¡ªyou need an Intel-based Core Duo processor or better.

Convert between almost all popular video formats:
Importable video formats: Tod, MPG, Mod, MP4, MKV, VOB, 3G2, 3GP, MOV
exportable video formats: AVI, MPG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, DV, MKV

Extract soundtrack from video & convert between audio files
importabe audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC,M4A, AC3, MP2
exportable audio formats: mka, mp3, wav, m4a, aac, ac3 ,aiff, amr ,flac, wma ,mp2