Sometimes you might want to play QuickTime movie (MOV) on some portable devices or players such as Android tablets and smartphones, but you find that those QuickTime movie files cannot be supported as the input. In some cases, you only get sound without a picture. As is well known to us all, MP4 is a universally-accepted video format, to play QuickTime movie files on those devices or players, we can choose to convert QuickTime to MP4. Besides, you can convert QuickTime to AVI as well. Here is this article, you will be introduced to 5 effective ways to convert QuickTime to MP4.

Part 1: Convert QuickTime to MP4 with Leawo Video Converter

There are many QuickTime to MP4 converters available for us to convert QuickTime movies to MP4. The first top priority I would consider when choosing a proper video converter is easy-to-use. Leawo Video Converter is such a user-friendly video converter allows you to convert QuickTime to MP4 fast and easily without any expertise technique. It offers a free-trial version that allows you to convert the first five minutes of a video file. Actually, no limited to video files, an audio file can be imported to the program for converting from one format to another. This professional converter can play the role of a video converter, an audio converter and an audio extractor. It supports more than 180 formats as input and output, such as MP4, H.265 MP4, MKV, H.265 MKV, MOV, AAC, AC3, WAV, MP3, WMA, FLAC, HD MP4, HD AVI, HD TS, HD VOB, 4K MP4, 4K MKV and etc. This professional converter is able to convert video and audio files with 100% quality reserved and in 6X faster speed.

Leawo Video Converter is equipped with an internal video editor and player for you to edit video files, including video trimming, adding watermark, video cropping, adding video effect, turning 2D video to 3D, and removing video noise. At the same time, the internal video player allows you to play video files after video importing.

If you are using Mac computer, you can make use of the Mac version of Leawo Video Converter. Download and install the right version of Leawo Video Converter based on your computer system, and follow the guide below to convert QuickTime to MP4.

Step 1. Import Source QuickTime Movie Files
Launch Leawo Video Converter, go to the “Convert” tab, and click “Add Video” button on the sub-menu to load your source QuickTime movie files. Alternatively, you can directly drag and drop QuickTime movie files into the program interface. After QuickTime movie files are imported, you could play back source video files, select subtitles and audio tracks from source QuickTime movie files, add external subtitles to loaded video files, edit loaded video files, etc.

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Step 2. Set MP4 as Output Format
Click the drop-down box named “MP4 Video” by default next to the “Add Photo” button. On the drop-down list, select “Change” option. Then on the popup Profile window, select “MP4” from “Format” column as output format. As the preset output format is MP4, to convert QuickTime to MP4, actually we can skip this process to leave it as default.

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Note: If you need, you could click the “Edit” button on the drop-down profile setting box to adjust video and audio parameters like video codec, aspect ratio, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, channel, sample rate, etc.

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Step 3. Convert QuickTime Movie to MP4
Click the big green “Convert” button on the sub-menu bar next to the format setting drop-down box. Then, on the popup sidebar, set output directory. After setting output directory, click the “Convert” button right below. Leawo Video Converter would start to convert QuickTime to MP4 immediately.

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Part 2: Convert QuickTime to MP4 with Clone2Go Free Video Converter

The second QuickTime to MP4 converter I will use is Clone2Go Free Video Converter. As a professional video conversion freeware tool, this free video converter is able to convert a variety of video formats at fast conversion speed with high output quality, and it allows you to convert video files at a batch, trim the video length and customize the output profile as well. Check out the guide below to convert QuickTime movie to MP4 with Clone2Go Free Video Converter.

Step 1. Add Source QuickTime Movie Files
Kick off Clone2Go Free Video Converter after installation, and click “Add Video” button at the top left sub-menu to choose and add source QuickTime movie files. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Add Video Files..." to load source QuickTime movie files.

Step 2. Set MP4 as Output Video Format
Extend the "Profile" category to select MP4 as output video format in order to convert QuickTime to MP4. If you want to customize the output video, you can click the "Video Options" and "Audio Options" buttons below the "Profile" category. There you can set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, video codec, etc.

Step 3. Set Output Directory
Click the "Options" button on the main interface. In the "General" tab, you can specify the folder for the output file.

Step 4. Start to Convert QuickTime to MP4
After all the steps above, click the "Start Encode" button to start to convert QuickTime to MP4. After a while, you will get desired results.

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Part 3: Convert QuickTime to MP4 with Format Factory

The third converter we are going to talk about is to use Format Factory to convert QuickTime to MP4. Format Factory is a free and multifunctional media file conversion tool. It is able to convert video, audio, and picture files.

Step 1. Choose Video on the Interface of Format Factory
Go to the official website of Format Factory, and download and install Format Factory on your computer. Launch Format Factory to enter the program interface where you can see a list of options. Choose “Video” and you can see a list of output video format.

Step 2. Choose “-> MP4”
Choose “->MP4” to pop up a small window, where you need to click “Add File” to import your source QuickTime movie files.

Step 3. Adjust Output Setting
After the files are imported, you can adjust output setting by clicking “Output Setting” button at the top to pop up a small panel where you can set detailed video and audio parameters.

Step 4. Start Conversion Process
Before you start converting, you can choose the output folder at the bottom; and then you can click OK button at the top right to start conversion process from QuickTime MOV video format to universally accepted MP4 video format.

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Part 4: Convert QuickTime to MP4 with Convertio

Besides converter program, you can try online QuickTime to MP4 converter to convert online. Here you can try Convertio. But this online video converter supports 100MB maximum file size. If your QuickTime movie file is larger than 100MB size, you need to switch to other ways to convert to MP4. Check out the steps below to convert QuickTime to MP4 free with Convertio.

Step 1. Upload Source QuickTime Video
Go to the official website of Convertio, and then select or directly drag and drop target QuickTime files into the converter. It is possible for you to upload a video file from your Google Drive or Dropbox account.

Step 2. Choose MP4 as Output Format
After your QuickTime video files are uploaded, choose MP4 as output video format. If necessary, you can adjust video parameters such as resolution, quality, aspect ratio and others by clicking the gear icon.

Step 3. Start to Convert and Get Converted Results
Click “Convert” to begin conversion process. Once your video is converted and edited, you can download it to your Mac, PC or another device. If necessary, save the file to your Dropbox or Google Drive account.

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Part 5: Convert QuickTime to MP4 with Online-Convert

The second online QuickTime to MP4 converter I would introduce here is Online-Convert that lets you convert media easy and fast from one format to another. This online video converter supports a lot of different source formats. Check out the guide below to convert QuickTime to MP4 with Online-Convert.

Step 1. Choose Output Format
Go to the official website of Online-Convert, and go to Video converter tab. To convert to MP4, you have to choose “Convert to MP4” under the drop-down list, and then click “Go”.

Step 2. Import Source QuickTime Movie Files
Click “Choose Files” to choose and add source QuickTime movie files. After QuickTime files are imported, you can perform optional settings as well.

Step 3. Start to Convert QuickTime to MP4
Click “Start Conversion” to start to convert QuickTime to MP4. After a while, you can get converted video files in MP4 video format, and you can transfer them to your portable devices or players for easy playback.

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