Pull the audio out of an MOV video as an M4A. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop MOV files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
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Drop MOV (QuickTime) 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 M4A, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The MOV to M4A 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.
MOV does not play reliably on Windows, Android, smart TVs or in many upload forms. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the same file size and is native to Apple devices. MOV is at home in recording and editing on Apple devices; M4A is the usual choice for music and voice memos on Apple devices. The M4A contains the soundtrack only; the picture is dropped.
The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can choose the bitrate 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. M4A is written at 192 kbps unless you choose another bitrate.
MOV 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 converterM4A is an MP4 file that contains only audio, usually AAC. iPhone Voice Memos and the iTunes Store use it. It sounds better than MP3 at the same size but is not accepted everywhere MP3 is.
Opens in Apple devices, Android, current browsers; some car stereos and older players do not
M4A converter| MOVQuickTime video | M4AM4A audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | QuickTime File Format | MPEG-4 Audio |
| Type | Video container | Audio |
| Compression | Lossy (or lossless with ProRes) | Lossy (AAC); lossless when it holds ALAC |
| Usually contains | H.264 or HEVC video with AAC audio; ProRes in editing | AAC, sometimes Apple Lossless |
| Introduced | 1991, by Apple | The early 2000s, by the Moving Picture Experts Group (popularised by Apple) |
| Opens in | Apple devices and video editors; Windows and Android are hit and miss | Apple devices, Android, current browsers; some car stereos and older players do not |
| Best for | Recording and editing on Apple devices | Music and voice memos on Apple devices |
| File extension | .mov, .qt | .m4a |
No. The MOV to M4A conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The soundtrack is re-encoded as M4A. M4A is lossy, but at a normal bitrate the difference is hard to hear. You can choose the bitrate under Options.
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 MOV file, press Convert and save the M4A. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Files up to 2 GB are accepted. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.