The .Mov is a video file format invented by Apple and can be opened with Apple Quicktime. Apple introduced the .Mov file format in 1998. MOV files are not widely supported even though there are a few software that can open it. The .MP4 video file format is introduced in 2001 to review the MPEG-4 Part 1: Systems. MP4 is one of the most popular file formats for multimedia files. Many software support the MP4 format so converting the MOV file to MP4 can probably help you to solve your problem. MP4 file format is often used to save a video and audio file and it can contain still images, and subtitles.
MP4 video file format is accepted in the majority of the smartphones unlike .MOV. You can’t open the MOV files unless you have a special app installed on your Android device to open it. If you have a cartoon or educational .MOV video on your computer and want to watch it on your smartphone, you will have to first convert it into MP4. There won’t be any loss of quality after the video file conversion.
The size of MOV video files are several times larger compared to MP4 video files. Because MP4 files are smaller, it is more suitable to be used when you want to upload your video to a video sharing site. If the MOV video files are occupying a lot of spaces on your hard disk, you can save space by converting them into MP4 formats. The small file size also make MP4 suitable to be stored in a USB drive and carry from place to place.
You will need a basic video editing software like Movavi Video Converter to convert the cartoon/educational .MOV to .MP4 format. It is easy to convert a MOV video into a MP4 video with the Movavi Video Converter. The first step is to click on the Add Video button to add the video into the work area. Next, you must select convert to and choose the best MP4 preset that meets your needs. You will see that there are different resolutions of MP4 formats to choose from including 320×240, 640×480 and 1280×720.
Finally, you must click on the Convert button to start the conversion process. You can select the destination folder where the end result video format is saved. The destination folder will open itself once the file conversion is completed. Similarly, you can convert MP4 files into MOV files. Movavi Video Converter supports up to 200 file formats and it is a very handy software to have if you have a lot of video files to convert. Movavi Video Converter is compatible with a variety of device including Android, iOS, Samsung, Xbox and Playstation consoles.
Besides converting files into different formats, Movavi Video Converter also have some basic video editing feature such as trim and merge, crop, rotate, stabilize a shaky video and basic enhancement of the video quality. Movavi Video Converter is equipped with a Superspeed technology that makes it possible for the video files of any size to be compressed within a few minutes.