Project setting for MOD files

Does any one know the best project settings for MOD files?

They have to be converted. Probably best with MPEG Streamclip.

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Dear Matthew,
Thanks a lot for your reply!
First I want to note that I came across the - rename to .m2v - trick, and that seems to work really fine - no need to convert whatsoever, have you tried that and if so - what are the drawbacks?
The trick : rename 'untitled-1.MOD' to 'untitled-1.m2v' so premiere can import it without trouble.
Further I downloaded Super v2009.build.36 (june 10, 2009) from this site:
http://www.erightsoft.com/
But it somehow doesn't not recognize .MOD files.
Do I need to have some other software installed or am I missing something else?
I will try to use the 'rename the .MOD file to m2v'-method, before that I did this:
Convert the .MOD's with mpeg-streamclip (.com)
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