Convert MOV to MP4

[ginhb]

Is third party software required to do that conversion? It would be nice if QT could just export as MP4. I'm still on High Sierra 10.13.6

 

[Longkeg]

QuickTime Pro 7 could do it but it isn’t supported on newer Mac OS. Even then you had to pay Apple for a registration code to enable this feature. iMovie may be able to do it albeit awkwardly. Get Handbrake. It’s free and feature rich.

 

[Dave Braine]

MPEGStreamclip, if you are before Catalina.

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac OS X

You could also try just changing .mov to .mp4. It's worked for me in the past, and just now.

 

[lostless]

Handbrake

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

best free video converter out there.
But you may not need to convert depending on the format. .MOV is just a container and may already be a h.264 (mp4) video file. If you open the file in quicktime and look at the info for the video, itll tell you the format. If its h.264, there is no need to convert and just change the file extension to mp4.

 

[wondercrew]

I use online video converters most of the time. When I googled for the first time how to convert a mov to mp4 video I got this article: https://www.movavi.com/support/how-to/how-to-convert-mov-to-mp4.html. And it helped me figure out everything very fast and also find the software that can do this task.

 

[KaliYoni]

I like Handbrake. I've used it for over a decade and highly recommend it.

 

[KeesMacPro]

A few days ago, I had to work for the first time with MOV files and didn't know how to play them on my computer.

VLC is an excellent app for playing any type of movie or music file, and it's for free.
You can also setup all kinds of key shortcuts etc to your preferences.

 

[Qeser]

What Google Chromecast model do you use?