Convert AVI to MOV

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Converting AVI to MOV is free: drop your AVI above, hit convert, and download the MOV. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Most AVI to MOV conversions are wrapper swaps: the pictures stay pictures, they just trade AVI's box for one built for shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue. If the codec inside your AVI is one MOV accepts, Flippy keeps quality bit-for-bit identical; if not, it re-encodes once, carefully, at matching quality.

Why flip AVI to MOV

AVI is the veteran of desktop video: dependable in 1995, cranky about everything invented since. It was born in 1992, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs.

MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. The QuickTime container; often H.264 or HEVC, sometimes heavyweight editing codecs like ProRes. That makes it the right destination when what you need is shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue.

How to convert AVI to MOV

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Drop your AVI file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: MOV is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new MOV.

AVI vs MOV, side by side

	AVI	MOV
Born	1992, Microsoft	1991, Apple's QuickTime team
Type	video · container	video · container
Best for	opening old archives and humoring legacy Windows tools	shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue
Weak spot	modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs	traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4
Typical size	usually bulky: its era's codecs compress far less than H.264 or H.265	frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute
Plays on	Old Windows software and desktop players; phones and browsers mostly refuse.	Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood.

Questions people ask

Will converting AVI to MOV lose quality?

Usually not: when the video codec is compatible, Flippy swaps the container without re-encoding, so quality is untouched. If a re-encode is needed, it happens once at matching quality.

Will the MOV file be bigger or smaller than my AVI?

Similar, unless a re-encode is involved: then it depends on the codec. MOV typically runs frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute.

Where will the MOV file play?

Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. That's the usual reason people leave AVI behind: MOV simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does AVI to MOV conversion take?

When it's a pure container swap it's nearly instant, since nothing is re-encoded. Full re-encodes take roughly as long as the video plays, often less.

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