What is MP4?
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The most widely compatible video container, playable on virtually every device and platform.
Advantages
- Plays everywhere
- Great compression with H.264/H.265
- Streaming-friendly
Limitations
- Re-encoding is lossy
- Editing requires decoding
Best used for
Sharing and publishing video anywhere with maximum compatibility.
- Extensions
- .mp4, .m4v
- MIME type
- video/mp4
- Compression
- Lossy
Free MP4 tools
Video ConverterConvert video between MP4, WEBM, MOV, MKV, and more.MP4 to MP3Extract audio from MP4 video as MP3.Video to MP3Extract the audio track from any video.MP4 ConverterConvert AVI, MOV, MKV, WEBM, FLV, WMV, and more to MP4.MOV to MP4Convert QuickTime MOV files to MP4.Video to GIFTurn a video clip into an animated GIF.MP4 to GIFConvert MP4 video to animated GIF.GIF to MP4Convert animated GIF to MP4 video.Video to Image SequenceExtract video frames as a sequence of JPG or PNG images at a chosen frame rate and size, downloadable individually or as a ZIP.Video CompressorShrink video file size with adjustable quality.Crop VideoCrop the frame of a video.Trim VideoTrim a video to a time range.