Convert MOV to AAC
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Drag and drop your MOV file or click to browse. Supports files up to 1GB.
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MOV vs AAC: format comparison
How the two formats differ on the things that change your result.
| Specification | MOV (source) | AAC (result) |
|---|---|---|
| Container | QuickTime | ADTS / raw AAC |
| Developed by | Apple | MPEG / Fraunhofer IIS |
| Introduced | 1991 | 1997 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, ALAC, PCM | AAC-LC, HE-AAC |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossy |
| Typical bitrate | 128–384 kbps | 96–256 kbps |
| Approx. file size | 75–450 MB per minute | 0.72–1.92 MB per minute |
| Metadata / tags | Container tags | ID3v2 (limited in ADTS) |
| Licensing | Patent-licensed | Patent-licensed |
| Plays natively on | Native: macOS, iOS · Needs a player: Web browsers, Windows, Android, Smart TVs | Native: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Smart TVs |
| Best for | video editing, the Apple ecosystem, camera footage | streaming services, mobile playback, broadcast |
What changes when you convert MOV to AAC
This extracts the audio and discards the video entirely. The soundtrack inside a MOV file is typically AAC, and it is re-encoded to AAC-LC on the way out.
Expect a much smaller file. Video accounts for most of the bytes, so about 263 MB per minute becomes roughly 1.3 MB per minute of AAC.
Subtitles do not survive audio extraction, since an audio container has nowhere to store them.
When a video holds several audio tracks, the main one is extracted; alternate language tracks are not merged into the result.
About MOV to AAC Conversion
Extracting AAC audio from a MOV video pulls the soundtrack out of the QuickTime container and writes it as a standalone ADTS / raw AAC file. The video stream, which holds most of the data, is discarded.
Developed by Apple in 1991, MOV stores audio using H.264, H.265, ProRes. That codec choice sets the upper bound on what any conversion can preserve.
AAC, from MPEG / Fraunhofer IIS and dating to 1997, uses AAC-LC, HE-AAC and plays natively on 6 of the six platform categories we track. That combination is usually why people convert into it.
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