In this article I discuss what to do when you need to convert a MOV file to MP4 video file.
There may be cases whereby you need to convert video files recorded on your IPhone or IPAD (mov files) to an mp4 file. There are a number of ways that you can accomplish this, however I have included a couple 'free' ways to do these conversions.
VLC
You can use VLC and its "convert / save" function to convert the files. The conversion is accomplished using built-in codecs. In some cases the codec converted MP4 file version may still unreadable depending on where you want to use the video file. For example, when I was uploading to online market places (e.g. AliExpress) their system did not accept VLC converted mp4 files. In tis case, I simply used the OBS approach below to convert the video file.
OBS
When VLC mp4 files (created as per above) are still not accepted by some web services (such as AliExpress), simply re-record your MOV file using OBS. OBS has the ability to play a mov file and you simply "record" the playback and this will be saved as an mp4 file.
Just leave me a comment if you need help with either VLC and/or OBS...