Export / Convert 1920x1080 video to .mov (OSX Mac)

Well, I've tried everything, searched online as always, but somehow I felt the answer was not as hard as I was beginning to find round there. I was right.

I had a video, originally shot at 1920x1080, saved as .mp4 , but for any reason people needed it in .mov format so, logic said it was just a matter to put the file in Adobe Media Encoder or Premiere Pro and the magic would happen.

Erm... nopes.

Every single time I wanted to export the video, as soon as I picked the Quicktime format (.mov) the video dimensions were modified, downscaled, mostly since the codec that was selected by default was NTSC DV. Tried to tweak the output (export) video properties, it wasn't possible. I was downgraded to a poor quality 720x version of my video every single time.

So... I stopped and remembered sometimes the simplest answer is the right answer.

If you are on a Mac and you have QuickTime 10.4 (or later) installed (most macs do), you have the solution right there.


So search no more, and follow these steps.

1) Double click your video file, (I chose an .mp4 file) Quick Time will launch.

After it opens go ahead and click on the File menu, where you'll find the "Export As" option.

As you can see it gives you 4 options, where the 1080p... is the one we are looking for. 

2) Choose 1080p... a dialogue window will pop to pick the destination folder you want to export to, select it and click "Save". (I used a folder named "video" on my desktop)

After that a progress bar will appear, indicating the remaining time for it to finish. Wait til it ends and voila! enjoy your new .mov file. No dimensions affected, a pure 1920x1080 video ready to be used.

Yep, as easy as that.
Enjoy!

S.

**DISCLAIMER: I know pro video users need a lot of control to tweak and enhance videos. This is just a quick trick for basic users that for any other reason, their video is not accepted or recognized (because of its format, such as .m4v, .mp4 or others) by other apps or software, where the .mov extension (quicktime format) is the only few they do, and they don't want to loose any quality or specs while trying to convert it**