Turn M4V videos into MOV. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop M4V files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop M4V files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab and can take a while for large files.
Save the MOV, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The M4V to MOV converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your videos are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so work starts the moment you press Convert. How long it takes depends on your device and the size of the file.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
M4V has an unfamiliar extension that some upload forms and editors reject, and iTunes-store files are copy-protected. MOV is what Final Cut, iMovie and other Apple tools prefer. An M4V file usually holds H.264 video with AAC audio. M4V is at home in videos for Apple devices and iTunes; MOV is the usual choice for recording and editing on Apple devices.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can lower the resolution, trade quality against file size, remove the sound and trim the start and end. This is demanding work for a browser: a long or high-resolution file can take several minutes, and your device does all of it, so keep the tab open.
The conversion uses your browser's own video and audio codecs (WebCodecs), with hardware acceleration where the device has it; the file is read from disk as it goes and can be up to 2 GB. Where the browser lacks a codec, the page falls back to the compatibility engine. A video over 500 MB cannot be kept at full quality in browser memory; choosing a lower resolution or quality under Options lets it fit.
M4V is Apple's name for an MP4 file, used for movies and TV shows sold through iTunes and for video prepared for iPod, iPhone and Apple TV. Files from the iTunes Store can be copy-protected, which only Apple's software plays. Unprotected M4V files are MP4 files and open nearly everywhere.
Opens in iPhone, Mac, Apple TV, QuickTime and VLC; most players accept it as MP4
M4V converterMOV is Apple's QuickTime container and what iPhones and Macs record. MP4 was based on it, so the two are close relatives and often hold exactly the same video and audio streams inside.
Opens in Apple devices and video editors; Windows and Android are hit and miss
MOV converter| M4VM4V video | MOVQuickTime video | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | MPEG-4 video (iTunes Video) | QuickTime File Format |
| Type | Video container | Video container |
| Compression | Lossy (H.264) | Lossy (or lossless with ProRes) |
| Usually contains | H.264 video with AAC audio | H.264 or HEVC video with AAC audio; ProRes in editing |
| Introduced | 2005, by Apple | 1991, by Apple |
| Opens in | iPhone, Mac, Apple TV, QuickTime and VLC; most players accept it as MP4 | Apple devices and video editors; Windows and Android are hit and miss |
| Best for | Videos for Apple devices and iTunes | Recording and editing on Apple devices |
| File extension | .m4v | .mov, .qt |
No. The M4V to MOV conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
It depends on what is inside the M4V. When its video and audio are already in a form MOV can hold, they can be carried over without being compressed again. Otherwise they are re-encoded, which costs a little quality. Under Options you can favour quality or a smaller file.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the M4V file, press Convert and save the MOV. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Files up to 2 GB are accepted, and a video over 500 MB needs a lower resolution or quality chosen under Options so the result fits in memory. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.