MOV, also known as QuickTime File Format or QTFF, is another popular digital multimedia container format designed by Apple for its QuickTime Player. Besides, MP4 can be used as a base of other multimedia files, such as 3GP and Motion JPEG 2000. That’s why the size of an MP4 file is smaller than that of other video file types.

MP4 is developed based on the MOV file format (which will be talked about later) the video data in it is highly compressed without losing too much quality. MPEG4 VS MP4: What Is The Difference & How To Convert? MP4 is so popular that all the common operating systems, media players, and gaming devices can support it. In two decades of rapid development, MP4 has already become a standard in the industry. The first version of MP4 file format was out dating back to 2001. MP4, also referred to as MPEG-4 Part 14, is a digital multimedia container format for storing video data and other relevant data needed for playing the video (like audio data, subtitles, and still images). After that (in part 3), some useful solutions to fix the issue when your QuickTime Player can't open MP4 will be provided.

Then (in part 2), MiniTool will show you how to convert from MP4 to MOV and vice versa in a few simple steps when necessary. However, you can know clearly which is better for you after reading the introduction to MP4 & MOV file formats and the brief comparison between them in part 1. It’s not easy to decide which one to use while making videos.

Both MP4 and MOV are two commonly used formats for video files.

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