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MOV to MP4 Converter
Convert MOV to MP4 video — free and unlimited. No sign-up, no watermarks, no monthly limits. Full quality preserved. Files deleted after 1 hour. Powered by FFmpeg.
Upload your MOV file
Drag & drop or click to browse · Max 500 MB
How to convert MOV to MP4
Upload your video
Drag & drop your video file. Up to 500 MB supported.
Set output quality (optional)
Adjust bitrate, quality preset, or use the smart defaults.
Download your file
Hit Convert and download when ready. Conversion is server-side and fast.
About converting MOV to MP4
MOV is Apple’s QuickTime container, and it is what an iPhone or a Mac screen recording produces. It plays perfectly on Apple hardware and unpredictably everywhere else — which is the whole reason this conversion exists.
MOV and MP4 are close relatives; both descend from the same base media file format. The container change is therefore cheap, and the real work is normalising the codecs. Recent iPhones record HEVC, which halves file size but is not universally decodable, so the output is re-encoded to H.264 and AAC: bigger than HEVC, playable on anything.
The output is also written with even dimensions and the yuv420p pixel format, which is what stops an otherwise-valid file from refusing to play on a TV or in an older browser.
What actually changes
- HEVC to H.264
- iPhone HEVC recordings are re-encoded to H.264, trading file size for playing everywhere.
- Audio
- AAC at 192 kbps.
- Rotation
- The orientation metadata a phone writes is honoured, so a portrait video does not come out sideways.
- Compatibility
- Even dimensions and yuv420p, so the file plays on TVs and older browsers as well as on a desktop.
What it cannot do
Every conversion loses something. These are the limits of this one, stated up front rather than discovered in the output.
- H.264 files are larger than the HEVC original at the same quality — that is the cost of universal playback.
- ProRes and other editing codecs are re-encoded to H.264; this is a delivery format, not an editing one.
- Only the first audio track is kept.
- Files up to 500 MB.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is my iPhone video not playing on Windows?
Recent iPhones record HEVC in a MOV container, and Windows does not ship an HEVC decoder by default. Converting to H.264 in an MP4 fixes it without installing anything.
Will the file get bigger?
Usually yes, if the source was HEVC. H.264 needs roughly twice the bitrate for the same quality — that is the trade you are making for playback everywhere.
Does the video stay the right way up?
Yes. Phones record orientation as metadata rather than rotating the pixels, and that metadata is honoured, so a portrait clip stays portrait.
Is the quality the same?
Effectively yes at the default settings. It is a re-encode, so there is a generation of loss, but it is not visible in normal viewing.