.mod file to be used by iMovie

Hi,
I have a JVC camera that produces .mod video files!
Does someone knows the best way to use them within iMovie?
Is there a specific plugin existing for this kind of files?
Thanks for help

What a pain in butt this whole .mod file thing is. I am on the second generation JVC EVERIO MG-MZ505 which "supports Macs", the earlier version GZ-MC500 did not. The beauty of these 3CCD video cameras is that they write directly to a hard drive, 30GB in the case of the MZ505. But the files are held captive by the lamest OEM provided editing software imaginable. So in order to do any useful editing you have to convert the files using the provided software. It’s a very time consuming process and there is a slight loss of quality when the file is converted. And Apple’s pay for MPEG2 plug-in for QuickTime does not encode these MPEG-2 Muxed files. Boo hoo.
Mr. Apple (if you’re listening), I’m guessing that most video cameras in the near future will drop the tape storage media thing and head directly to hard drive file storage. Please support this format soon.
iMac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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