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Converting MOV to MP4 is free: drop your MOV above, hit convert, and download the MP4. Files delete themselves within an hour.
Most MOV to MP4 conversions are wrapper swaps: the pictures stay pictures, they just trade MOV's box for one built for playing everywhere: browsers, phones, TVs, editors, slide decks. If the codec inside your MOV is one MP4 accepts, Flippy keeps quality bit-for-bit identical; if not, it re-encodes once, carefully, at matching quality.
MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. It was born in 1991, Apple's QuickTime team, and its real weak spot is traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4.
MP4 is the world's default video: the file that plays before anyone has to think about it. A container, most often carrying H.264 or H.265 video with AAC audio. That makes it the right destination when what you need is playing everywhere: browsers, phones, TVs, editors, slide decks.
Drop your MOV file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
Check the output format: MP4 is already selected for you.
Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new MP4.
| MOV | MP4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Apple's QuickTime team | 2001, the MPEG standards group, built on Apple's QuickTime design |
| Type | video · container | video · container |
| Best for | shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue | playing everywhere: browsers, phones, TVs, editors, slide decks |
| Weak spot | traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4 | very little day to day: as a container its quality depends on the codec inside |
| Typical size | frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute | roughly 50–100 MB per minute at 1080p, depending on bitrate |
| Plays on | Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. | Every browser, phone, TV and editing app worth mentioning. |
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.
Similar, unless a re-encode is involved: then it depends on the codec. MP4 typically runs roughly 50–100 MB per minute at 1080p, depending on bitrate.
Every browser, phone, TV and editing app worth mentioning. That's the usual reason people leave MOV behind: MP4 simply opens in more of the places that matter.
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.