Videos saved online won't play on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or QuickTime? Or is it that videos in various formats such as MP4, AVI, MKV, etc. should be uniformly converted into MOV format to facilitate importing professional software for editing? As a multimedia file format developed by Apple, MOV is famous for its characteristics of supporting multiple media types. It is often used to store files containing multimedia elements such as video clips, movies, audio tracks, etc. It has strong advantages in quality and editing, so MOV files are widely used in film production, advertising, multimedia presentations and other fields. When there are dozens to hundreds of video files, we manually convert one by one not only consumes time and energy, but also may lead to uneven quality due to inconsistent parameter settings.
So how should we batch convert a variety of video formats to MOV format? This article only needs three methods to introduce in detail, which can help us to quickly convert video formats and greatly improve our work efficiency.
Apple Device Support
When to Batch Convert Video Files to MOV Format?
when using Mac, iPhone or iPad to process videos, some videos cannot be opened or cannot be imported into editing software. These are generally incompatible formats. MOV, as a common video format in Apple system, is very friendly to its own player and many editing software. It is more convenient to convert the video format into MOV format.
Video Format Clutter
mobile phone shooting, camera recording, screen recording or software sent by other people, the format of the video will be very complicated, MP4, AVI, MKV and other formats mixed together is not convenient to manage and use, batch conversion to MOV, can make all videos in a unified format, subsequent playback, editing backup will be much smoother.
Easy to store clips
MOV format is very stable in terms of picture quality and sound and picture synchronization. Repeated editing and long-term storage will not cause problems. After batch conversion of multiple video formats to MOV, not only the time for repeated operations can be saved, but also errors can be reduced.
MP4, AVI and other video batch into MOV format effect preview
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method one: use HeSoft Doc Batch Tool Batch convert MP4 to MOV format
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Advantages and limitations:
HeSoft Doc Batch Tool The advantage lies in the speed and functionality, specifically designed for conversion, and also supports the conversion between a variety of file formats, but also can batch add hundreds of thousands of files at a time. In addition, all files are processed locally, without the nature of the uploaded file, to protect the privacy of each user. Its main disadvantage is that it can only be used to install software on the computer.
Operation steps:
1. Open 【 HeSoft Doc Batch Tool ], select [Video Tools]-[Video to MOV]].
2. Select a method in [Add File] or [Import File from Folder] to add videos that need to be converted to MOV. It is also supported to drag video files directly below to add, and then click Next. Then click Browse and select a location to save the new file.
3. Wait for the progress bar to run out and click on the red path to open the folder to view the successfully converted MOV files.
Method 2: Use online conversion tool to convert video files to MOV format
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advantages and limitations:
the biggest advantage of the online conversion tool is that it does not need to be installed, can be operated directly across platforms, and can be used on any computer that can access the Internet. However, the disadvantages are also very obvious. The conversion speed is linked to the network environment. Poor network environment may lead to conversion failure, and uploading large files is slow and there are privacy risks, which cannot be processed in batches.
Operation steps:
1. Open the Convertio web page, select the video converter in the conversion, and then add the converted video.
2. Select MOV in the output format and click Convertsion.
3. Finally, click Save.
Method Three: Use VLC Media Player to Convert MP4 to MOV Format
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advantages and limitations:
A completely free media player, for users who have installed VLC, can easily realize direct video format conversion, but its interface is not born for batch settings. When processing multiple files, it needs to be repeatedly operated, which is inefficient and complicated for novices to adjust parameters.
Operation steps:
open VLC, click Media at the top, then select Convert/Save.
2. After opening the window, click the add button, select the video file to be converted, and then click the convert button.
3. Select the output format as [Video-H.264 MP3(MP4)] and select the save location. When renaming the save location, you need to manually change the mp4 suffix to mov.
4. After there is really no problem, click Start.
