Convert MP4 to MOV

How it works

1. 1

   Add your MP4 file

   Drop, pick, or paste it. It stays on your device.

2. 2

   Convert

   We re-encode it to MOV right here in your browser.

3. 3

   Download

   Save the MOV file.

A conversion for an editing workflow, not for sharing

This one runs against the usual direction of traffic. Most people are trying to get out of MOV and into MP4, because MP4 is what the rest of the world accepts. Going the other way is almost always about a specific piece of software: Final Cut, iMovie, or another Apple tool that would simply rather be handed a MOV.

Mechanically it is straightforward. MOV and MP4 are close relatives, both descended from the same QuickTime file format, and both carry H.264 and AAC without complaint. The streams inside your MP4 can usually be moved straight across, so nothing is decoded and no quality is lost.

Just do not convert to MOV for a file you are going to send someone. Outside the Apple ecosystem, MOV is the format that gets refused, and you would be undoing the compatibility you already had.

Why nothing uploads

Other tools send your video to their servers, which costs them money per file, so they add watermarks, cap file sizes, and make you sign up. This tool does the work right here in your browser using your own device. Your file is never uploaded, so there is no wait, no watermark, no size limit, and no account.

Questions

Why would I want a MOV?

Usually because a piece of Apple software is asking for one. For sharing, sending, or uploading, MP4 is the better file and you already have it.

Does this lose quality?

Where the streams can be rewrapped, no. MOV and MP4 are close enough that the video is normally copied across untouched.

Will the MOV be bigger?

Barely. The container overhead differs slightly, but the video data, which is nearly all of the file, is the same.

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