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MOV to MP4

Convert a MOV recording to MP4. Inspect its tracks and see the codecs in the finished file.

Files stay on your device

Drop files to convert

See their format, then choose an output.

MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, MPEG-TS, and 3GP videos. You can also drag in a whole folder.

How to convert MOV to MP4 online

Open a QuickTime MOV file and export an MP4 on your device. The MOV-to-MP4 converter copies compatible tracks when possible, transcodes when required, and reports the codecs in the finished file.

  1. Step 1

    Choose your MOV
    Pick a file or drop it into the converter above.

  2. Step 2

    Convert the file
    The tool selects an MP4-compatible track plan.

  3. Step 3

    Download the MP4
    Save the verified MP4 when processing finishes.

What to expect

Supported inputs
MOV and other readable video files, including MP4 sources you want rewritten as MP4.
What happens
The tool copies compatible tracks into MP4 when possible and re-encodes tracks that cannot be copied. An iPhone video is H.265, so you choose: copy it as it is, or re-encode it as H.264 so it plays everywhere. The finished file reports its actual container and codecs.
Limits
Copying needs codecs that MP4 can hold. An extra track this browser cannot read, such as spatial audio, may be left out while the main video and audio are kept.

Your files stay on your device

Your computer does the work, so the file never has to be uploaded, and that’s also why it’s free: there’s no server time for us to pay for. You don’t need an account, and nothing you make gets a watermark.

“Thanks a lot for such a simple yet powerful tool!”
Mauricio, a supporter

Questions

No. Some MOV files already contain MP4-friendly tracks and can be remuxed. Others need a full transcode before they will play or upload elsewhere.

iPhones record H.265 (HEVC), and an MP4 can hold it as it is, but many Windows PCs and Firefox can't play it. Choose Make H.264 before converting, and the MP4 plays almost everywhere.

Open the video on this page, on the iPhone itself or after copying it to a computer. Choose Make H.264 if it needs to play on Windows or in Firefox, then convert. The MP4 is saved to your device, and the video is never uploaded.

MOV is Apple's QuickTime format, and the video inside an iPhone MOV is usually H.265, which many Windows PCs can't play without an extra codec. Converting it to an H.264 MP4 fixes both.

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