Convert MP4 to M4V
With our free online converter, you can convert mp4 files to m4v as well as a variety of other formats.
Converting your mp4 file to m4v is easy with these steps.
Converting your m4v file to mp4 is easy with these steps.
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Converting mp4 to m4v
MPEG-4 Video File
Extension | .mp4 |
Category | 🔵 video |
Programs | 🔵 Microsoft Windows Media Player 🔵 VLC media player 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Eltima Elmedia Player 🔵 Winamp 🔵 Apple QuickTime Player 🔵 Apple iTunes |
Description | 🔵 MP4 is one of the popular digital multimedia formats. The original name is MPEG-4 Part 14. It is one of the most versatile digital multimedia formats because it can play both video and audio files. Besides, you can use MP4 file formats for many other purposes, such as streaming over the Internet and storing still images. The characteristics of MP4 files include but are not limited to:
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Technical details | 🔵 How to create and how to open an MP4 fileYou can create an MP4 file by recording video with your device or by using certain software. You can also use various converters to convert videos to MP4 file formats. How to Open an MP4 File Almost all the video players open an MP4 file because MP4 is a standardized digital file format. You can open an MP4 file in several ways, such as using either the Windows Media PlayerorVLC Media Player. Some of the others that can open the MP4 file are QuickTime (for macOS), MPlayer, VLC Media Player, and X Codec Pack. Which other formats MP4 can be converted into and whyMP4 is widely used as a video file format because of the efficient video compression scheme that prevents data loss when converting. Besides, you can use a lot of tools to seamlessly convert your MP4 file to another file format. Some of the popular video formats are:
MP4 is supported by almost any device that is able to play video. However sometimes a user might need to convert it to another format. MKV is well known for being able to store a huge amount of information like dozens of audio streams and subtitles. WMV format provides better compression than MP4 does. |
Developer | 🔵 Moving Picture Experts Group |
MIME type | 🔵 audio/mp4 🔵 video/mp4 |
iTunes Video File
Extension | .m4v |
Category | 🔵 video |
Programs | 🔵 Apple iTunes 🔵 VLC Media Player |
Main program | 🔵 Apple QuickTime Player |
Description | 🔵 The M4V format was developed by Apple for Itunes Store and it is much more similar to the MP4 format with a slight difference in DRM protection. If M4V format has DRM protection than the iTunes account used to process the file will have to be authenticated on the computer playing the file. |
Technical details | 🔵 The M4V supported files have both the audio as well as the video data, the file extension M4V can be converted into the MP4 file extension in order for it to play on an unauthenticated computer because the M4V files are protected by Apple’s DRM. MP4 files do not provide with the functionality to create chapter information while M4V file does that. |
Developer | 🔵 Apple |
MIME type | 🔵 video/x-m4v |