Free converter
MOVMP4MOV to MP4 Converter
Most MOV files do not actually need converting. They already contain video Windows can play — it is the container that confuses things. PhotoTray checks what is inside before it does anything, and rewraps those in about a second with no quality loss at all. Only the ones that genuinely need it get a full conversion.
Drop in your files — MP4 files land in the folder you pick — most finish in about a second, losslessly.
Why convert
Why convert MOV to MP4
MOV is Apple's container, MP4 is everyone else's, and the video inside is frequently identical. Windows players, editors and upload forms often reject the MOV without ever looking at what it holds. Converting the container is enough to fix that — and it is a rewrite of a few bytes of header rather than a re-encode of every frame.
- iPhone clips that Windows Media Player will not open.
- Getting phone video into an editor that only accepts MP4.
- Uploading to a site or platform that rejects MOV files.
- Making a folder of clips consistent before archiving them.
How it works
Convert MOV to MP4 in a few clicks
- 1
Drop your MOV files in
One clip or a folder of them, at any size. 4K files are fine — there is no cap.
- 2
PhotoTray checks each one
It probes the video stream and tells you which files can take the fast lossless path and which need a real conversion, before anything starts.
- 3
Get playable MP4s back
In the folder you chose, with the MOV originals untouched.
The details
MOV to MP4, at a glance
- Engine
- ffmpeg — bundled and checksum-verified before every run
- Fast path
- Container rewrap — no re-encode, no quality loss, about a second
- Slow path
- Real conversion to H.264, only when the video genuinely needs it
- Audio
- Carried across intact rather than re-encoded
- Where it runs
- Your own PC — nothing is uploaded
- Limits
- None — no file count, no file-size cap, no watermark
- Platform
- Windows 10/11 (x64)
Questions
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This conversion is part of the full tool — which handles the other formats in the same batch, and can keep doing it on a folder you choose.
Runs on your PC · nothing uploaded · no watermark, no file limit