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Batch processing isn't available yet: drop files one by one, or use the Merger to join them.
Converting MOV to WEBM is free: drop your MOV above, hit convert, and download the WEBM. Files delete themselves within an hour.
Most MOV to WEBM conversions are wrapper swaps: the pictures stay pictures, they just trade MOV's box for one built for embedding on the web without licensing worries. If the codec inside your MOV is one WEBM accepts, Flippy keeps quality bit-for-bit identical; if not, it re-encodes once, carefully, at matching quality.
MOV is Apple's homebody: gorgeous on a Mac, awkward everywhere else. It was born in 1991, Apple's QuickTime team, and its real weak spot is traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4.
WEBM is video the way browsers like it: open, royalty-free and built to stream. A Matroska-based container restricted to VP8/VP9/AV1 video with Vorbis or Opus audio. That makes it the right destination when what you need is embedding on the web without licensing worries.
Drop your MOV file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
Check the output format: WEBM is already selected for you.
Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new WEBM.
| MOV | WEBM | |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Apple's QuickTime team | 2010, Google, out of its VP8 acquisition |
| Type | video · container | video · container |
| Best for | shooting and editing on Apple hardware, where it's the native tongue | embedding on the web without licensing worries |
| Weak spot | traveling: Windows, Android and the web would all rather meet an MP4 | life outside the browser: editors, TVs and Apple devices get picky |
| Typical size | frequently huge: camera and ProRes MOVs can run to gigabytes per minute | often smaller than the equivalent MP4: VP9 and AV1 squeeze harder than H.264 |
| Plays on | Mac and iPhone natively; elsewhere it depends on the player's mood. | Every modern browser; hit-and-miss in editing apps and on Apple hardware. |
Usually not: when the video codec is compatible, Flippy swaps the container without re-encoding, so quality is untouched. If a re-encode is needed, it happens once at matching quality.
Similar, unless a re-encode is involved: then it depends on the codec. WEBM typically runs often smaller than the equivalent MP4: VP9 and AV1 squeeze harder than H.264.
Every modern browser; hit-and-miss in editing apps and on Apple hardware. That's the usual reason people leave MOV behind: WEBM simply opens in more of the places that matter.
When it's a pure container swap it's nearly instant, since nothing is re-encoded. Full re-encodes take roughly as long as the video plays, often less.