Convert MOV to MP4 from the right-click menu
Select a MOV video, hold Shift, right-click and pick Video, then MP4. The MP4 is saved next to the original and plays on practically anything. The video is never uploaded, however large it is.
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How to convert MOV to MP4 with Flecto
- Select your videoClick the MOV file from your iPhone, camera or QuickTime in File Explorer. Select several to convert them together.
- Hold Shift and right-clickFlecto opens a dial of categories beside your cursor. Choose Video.
- Pick MP4MKV, WEBM and GIF are offered too, and the Audio category extracts the sound as MP3 or another audio format.
- Find the MP4 next to the originalThe new file is saved beside the original, which stays untouched.
Good to know
- When the MOV already holds H.264 video and AAC audio, Flecto moves them into an MP4 without re-encoding. That takes seconds and loses no quality.
- Otherwise, for example HEVC video from a recent iPhone, Flecto re-encodes to H.264 and AAC so the MP4 plays everywhere. It uses your graphics card when it can and falls back to the processor.
- HDR video is converted to standard 8-bit video, so its colours can look different. A re-encoded MP4 keeps the first video track and the first audio track. Extra audio tracks and subtitles are not carried over.
- Audio and video conversions use FFmpeg. Flecto offers to download it once, and after that it works offline.
- The free plan includes 10 conversions every week. Failed or cancelled files do not count.
MOV and MP4: what is the difference?
MOV is Apple’s QuickTime container, the format iPhones, many cameras and Mac screen recordings produce. MP4 is the closely related international standard. Both are wrappers around the same kinds of video and audio.
MP4 is accepted by far more TVs, websites, editing programs and Windows apps. Because the two are so close, converting is often just repackaging, which is why it can finish in seconds with the picture untouched.
Questions
Will I lose quality?
Not when the video can be copied as it is. When it has to be re-encoded there is a small loss that is hard to see in normal viewing.
How long does it take?
A few seconds when the video is copied. Re-encoding depends on the length of the video and on your PC; a graphics card makes it much faster.
Is there a file size limit?
No. The video is processed on your PC, so there is no upload and no size cap.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The conversion runs on your PC, and the file never leaves it.
Can I convert several files at once?
Yes. Select them together, then use the same Shift and right-click menu. The dial offers the formats they can all use.
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