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Gimbroel
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Jun 20, 2025

How to convert mp4 to mov free on Windows?

Never expected it could be so hard to convert MP4 videos to MOV format on Windows 10/11. For context, I need MOV files for better compatibility with some video editing software (like Final Cut Pro on...
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Danielooen
Iron Contributor
Jun 20, 2025

If you're aiming to convert MP4 to MOV online for free in an unlimited way, Cloudinary offers a solid solution. It provides a browser-based tool that lets you upload and convert MP4 files into MOV format—straight from your browser, for free, with no file count or size limits mentioned.

For automated workflows or batch processing from mp4 to mov conversion, you can use Cloudinary’s free-tier Video Upload & Transform API.

  1. Upload your MP4
  2. Generate a MOV URL on the fly
  3. Download the converted mov fileall free within Cloudinary's free-tier limits
import cloudinary
import requests
from cloudinary.uploader import upload
from cloudinary import CloudinaryVideo

cloudinary.config(
  cloud_name="YOUR_CLOUD_NAME",
  api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
  api_secret="YOUR_API_SECRET"
)

upload_result = upload("myvideo.mp4", resource_type="video")
public_id = upload_result["public_id"]

mov_url = CloudinaryVideo(public_id, format="mov").url
response = requests.get(mov_url)

with open("myvideo.mov", "wb") as f:
    f.write(response.content)

 

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