Step 1: Supply your MPEG files using the button above or by haul and lay.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Get your converted MOV files.
MPEG to MOV Conversion FAQ
What does the MPEG to MOV converter do?
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MPEG is a legacy container, often poorly supported on modern devices. Converting to MOV rewraps the video with a current codec (H.264 / H.265 / VP9) for broad browser, phone, and TV compatibility.
Will resolution and frame rate be preserved in the MOV?
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Yes. MPEG → MOV keeps resolution, frame rate, and aspect ratio unchanged by default. To change them, use the Resize or Speed tool on the result.
My MPEG footage shows comb lines on movement — will that carry into the MOV?
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Yes. MPEG content is often interlaced, because the format comes from the broadcast and DVD era, and this converter has no deinterlace option, so the combing carries into the MOV. If it matters, deinterlace the MPEG first in a desktop tool such as HandBrake or ffmpeg (the yadif filter). MPEG here means an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 program stream, the format standardised for Video CD and then for DVD and broadcast television.
Can I add selectable subtitles once the file is MOV?
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Yes. MPEG has no usable soft-subtitle track, so subtitles for MPEG content had to be burned into the picture or shipped as a separate sidecar file. MOV carries subtitles as their own selectable stream, so after conversion you can attach an SRT track the viewer can switch on, switch off or restyle. An MOV normally carries H.264 or HEVC for delivery, or ProRes when it is an editing master, alongside AAC or uncompressed PCM audio.
Is MOV the right target if the footage is going into an edit?
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It is the one editing software asks for. MOV is the container that professional timelines read and write natively, so the file drops in without a conform or transcode step first and survives being exported, re-imported and exported again without collecting another generation of loss. The price is size and portability: a container built for editing produces large files, and outside that world support is patchier than the universal delivery format. Convert to it to work on the footage and away from it to publish. MOV is the QuickTime container, which Final Cut Pro, Premiere and DaVinci Resolve all open natively.
Does MOV support chapter markers that MPEG did not?
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It does. MOV stores chapters as container metadata, so a long recording can be navigated by section instead of by scrubbing a progress bar. MPEG has nowhere to put that information, so the converted MOV starts with no chapters; add markers afterwards with a tool such as MKVToolNix or ffmpeg.
Is it worth converting old MPEG recordings to MOV at all?
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For anything you intend to keep, yes. MPEG belongs to an earlier generation of video tooling and the software that reads it is steadily disappearing from phones, browsers and operating systems. Moving the footage to MOV now, while a clean decoder still exists, is the difference between an archive you can open in ten years and one you cannot. MPEG-2 needs roughly four to six times the bitrate of H.264 for the same picture, and its content is frequently interlaced, which looks combed on modern displays.
Is there a file-size limit when converting MPEG to MOV?
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Free conversions have a size limit per file, set by the type of file, and the page tells you when a file is over it. A paid plan removes that limit, so much larger files can be converted.
Can I batch-convert several MPEG files to MOV at once?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
What happens to my MPEG files after the conversion?
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Uploaded files are processed on our own conversion servers, nobody looks at them, and they are not shared. The upload and the converted file are both deleted automatically about 24 hours after the conversion, which leaves time to download the result. See /privacy/ for the full policy.
Will my MOV play on phones, tablets, and TVs?
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Yes — MOV uses modern codecs that play natively on iOS, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and every modern browser.
Do I need to install software to convert MPEG to MOV?
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No. The converter runs entirely in your browser plus our cloud — no plugin, no install, no admin rights. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android.
