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Convert MP4 to MOV

Some workflows, clients and templates ask for a .mov. Drop your MP4 here and save it as a QuickTime MOV on your own device.

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MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV. It opens right here, on your device.

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Tested in the browser

BrowserResultWhat came out
Google Chrome 155ConvertedMOV: H.264 video, AAC sound, 1280×720
WebKit 27.2 (Safari’s engine)ConvertedMOV: H.264 video, AAC sound, 1280×720

On October 24, 2026, a 10-second 1280×720 MP4 (H.264 video, AAC sound) went through this page’s button in each browser, and what came out was read back with ffprobe.

The test file carried a location tag; no converted copy kept it.

When to turn MP4 into MOV

Apple’s own apps open MP4 without trouble, so most of the time MOV isn’t needed. The cases that need it are specific: a client’s delivery spec, a motion template that expects QuickTime, or an older Mac app that lists only .mov.

The MOV made here carries H.264 video and AAC sound, which every QuickTime player decodes. It is not ProRes, and it has no alpha channel: a browser can’t encode either, so ask for those from a desktop tool.

MP4 and MOV, in short

MP4
The format that plays almost everywhere: phones, browsers, TVs, editing apps and every social platform take it. Inside is usually H.264 video and AAC sound.
MOV
Apple’s QuickTime format. iPhones and Macs save videos and screen recordings as MOV, and recent iPhones put HEVC video inside, which some computers and apps can’t play.

How to convert

  1. Open the MP4

    Press the button and drop the file, or pick it from your files. It opens in this browser tab: nothing is uploaded, so there is no upload limit to hit.

  2. MOV is already chosen

    The save window opens set to it. Change the file name or the quality if you like.

  3. Save

    The new file is written on your device and downloaded. Several files? Drop them together and they are converted one after another.

What changes, what stays

Picture and length
Nothing is cut or reframed: the video keeps its own picture size and runs from start to end.
Sound
The first sound track, at its own level, in stereo at most.
Quality
Small, Balanced or High; Balanced is chosen to begin with.
Details about you
The file is written from scratch, so none of the original’s metadata comes along: no location, no camera or phone model.

Questions

Is the MOV bigger than the MP4?

About the same: both hold the same kind of video and sound at the quality you pick; only the container differs.

Can I convert several MP4s at once?

Yes. Drop them together and each is saved as its own MOV, one after another.

Why does the MOV open on my Mac but not on a Windows PC?

Some Windows apps don’t read QuickTime files. Keep the MP4 for Windows and send the MOV only where it is asked for.

Your video stays with you.

Open Shycut, drop the video in and export. Free, with no account, and your video never leaves your device.

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