MOI Converter

Extract text from MOI files

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How to extract text from your MOI file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MOI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MOI to another file type

To convert your MOI file to another format, you need JVC Everio MediaBrowser or other Data software.

Convert a file to MOI

To convert other file formats to the "Metadata Sidecar File" file type, you need software like JVC Everio MediaBrowser or a similar tool.

About MOI files

A .MOI file is a proprietary Management Information file created by digital camcorders from manufacturers like JVC, Panasonic, and Canon. It acts as a "sidecar" index for a corresponding MOD or TOD video file.

Users typically encounter .MOI files when backing up SD cards from older camcorders (like the JVC Everio series). The core problem users face is that .MOI files cannot be "played" or "opened" by standard media players like VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player because they contain no video or audio data. They act strictly as a database, storing the recording's timestamp, aspect ratio (16:9 vs 4:3), and codec details. If you try to open one, you will likely see a "File not supported" error. The actual video content resides in the much larger MOD file sitting next to it.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Playback & Editing: You typically do not convert the MOI file itself. Instead, you must convert the associated MOD video file to MP4 or MOV. Software like HandBrake can sometimes utilize the MOI data to correctly set the aspect ratio during this conversion.
For Archiving Metadata: If you need to preserve the original recording date and time (which might be lost if you simply rename .MOD to .MPG), you can convert the .MOI file to TXT or XML using specialized scripts or forensic tools to read the hexadecimal timestamp data.
For the rare MOI Video (0.9%): In very rare cases (legacy Motion JPEG), the file is a video. Convert these to MP4 for universal compatibility.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MOI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted MOD, PGI, MGR_DATA, PRG_MGR, SB1, MPG, XSL, MOBI, JPG, MOV, DAT, ZIP and SAV files.

FAQ

If you want to convert MOI file to MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use JVC Everio MediaBrowser or similar software from the "Camcorder Video Indexing" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to MOI, try JVC Everio MediaBrowser or another comparable tool in the "Camcorder Video Indexing" category.

The MOI Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MOI converter.