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Removing an Apple-specific extension that some players refuse on sight.
M4V is Apple variant of MP4, technically almost identical. The difference that matters is that some M4V files from the iTunes Store carry copy protection, and those cannot be converted by anyone.
MP4 is the format the world settled on. It is a container rather than a codec, almost always holding H.264 video and AAC audio, and there is no device, browser, editor or social platform that refuses it. If you are not sure what to convert something to, the answer is MP4.
| M4V | MP4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2005 | 2003 |
| Developed by | Apple | MPEG |
| Type | Container | Container |
| Usual codecs | H.264 with AAC | H.264 or H.265 with AAC |
| File size | Same as MP4 | Small for the quality |
| Best suited to | iTunes video | Everything, honestly |
| Support | Apple, mixed elsewhere | Universal |
Ordinary M4V files convert exactly like MP4, because they are technically almost the same thing. Files bought from the iTunes Store are the exception: those carry copy protection and cannot be converted by any tool, ours included.
Video takes real time. A short clip finishes in under a minute, while a full-length film can take considerably longer, because every frame has to be decoded and encoded again. Uploading a large file is usually the slowest part of all.
Your file is uploaded to our server because the conversion runs there. A cleanup task runs every hour and deletes anything older than an hour, so nothing you upload survives more than about two hours. We do not open your files, we do not keep copies, and no account is needed to use the converter.