how to convertVentura 13.3 .MOV video to .MP4

Need .mp4 to interface with supplier on Amazon. Need recommendations.

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Posted on Apr 29, 2023 4:36 PM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2023 8:18 AM

A lossless and VERY fast option to rewrap movies to another container is:


ffmpeg -i input.mov -c copy output.mp4


If you prefer GUI, then Avidemux seems to do just the same losslessly (I just tried it and both Output format: "MP4 Muxer" and "MP4v2 Muxer" seem to work OK. That is all you need to do and then just save as .mp4).


Just changing the suffix from .mov to .mp4 might work if the receiving end is not too picky (.m4v and .mp4 are practically the same but .mov is a more distant cousin).


Or use Handbrake. I could not find that lossless ffmpeg option in its GUI but a lossy conversion should definitely work.

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Apr 30, 2023 8:18 AM in response to Mac80s

A lossless and VERY fast option to rewrap movies to another container is:


ffmpeg -i input.mov -c copy output.mp4


If you prefer GUI, then Avidemux seems to do just the same losslessly (I just tried it and both Output format: "MP4 Muxer" and "MP4v2 Muxer" seem to work OK. That is all you need to do and then just save as .mp4).


Just changing the suffix from .mov to .mp4 might work if the receiving end is not too picky (.m4v and .mp4 are practically the same but .mov is a more distant cousin).


Or use Handbrake. I could not find that lossless ffmpeg option in its GUI but a lossy conversion should definitely work.

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