Sunday, September 18, 2011

ffmpeg: Convert mp4 to mov

To convert mp4 movie into mov movie the following command can be used:ffmpeg -i input_file.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f mov output_file.mov

11 comments:

  1. Vasilis6:25 AM

    Thanks! Clever one, same quality, size different container.

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  2. Sweeeeet! I've been banging my head against the interwebs trying to convert .mp4 videos to .mov so as to be compatible with Cinelerra. GUIs and tutorials I found to be scarce in this particular area. Thank you very much for posting the concise command :)

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  3. Anonymous2:42 AM

    thanks it works, for me!

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  6. However, as for the novices, ffmpeg may be a bit complicated. Here also a tutorial for the novices to convert MP4 to MOV.

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  7. I use iDealshare VideoGo to convert MP4 to MOV with this guide https://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/mov-to-mp4.html

    In fact, it can convert between various video formats and audio formats like MOV, MP4, AVI, MKV, MPG, VOB, FLV, FLAC, MP3, WAV, ProRes etc

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  8. I always use VLC to do that. It's really an easy way to convert MP4 to MP3.

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  9. Quite a nice post, and I've found another detailed guide on how to convert MKV to MP4 using FFmpeg here, besides, alternative to FFmpeg is mentioned in this guide.

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