The file type that lets the person to save videos is .mpg. This type of file can’t easily be opened from any computer. Learn how you can open .mpg file on any type of operating system.

Camcorders use MOD file format. In this post, we show you how to convert MOD video file to MPG format, by changing the extension or using FFmpeg.

I used kmttg to extract episode of the Winter Olympics from my TiVo to my Mac. After the default transfer, decryption, and transcoding (all default settings) I'm left with a 7 hour, 30 GB MPG file ...