HEIC to MOV Converter

HEIC to MOV Converter

HEIC is the High Efficiency image format your iPhone saves photos in; MOV is Apple's QuickTime video container. This converter wraps a still HEIC photo into a MOV clip — the image is held on screen for a duration you choose (5 seconds by default) and encoded as H.264 video, so you can drop an iPhone still straight onto a Final Cut Pro, iMovie, or Premiere timeline. It does not add motion: the output is a static photo shown as video, which is a different thing from the short motion clip inside a Live Photo.

HEIC Format at a Glance

MOV Format at a Glance

How to Convert HEIC to MOV

1. Upload Your HEIC File: Drag and drop your photos onto the page, or click "Add Files" to browse. Upload several at once if you plan to merge them into one clip.
2. Set Duration and Merge Strategy: Choose how long each photo stays on screen (5 seconds per frame by default), and whether to Merge images into one MOV or output a separate Video per image.
3. Choose Background Color, Resolution and Quality Preset: A portrait or non-16:9 photo is letterboxed against the Background Color (White by default); pick a Preset or Fixed resolution and leave the Quality Preset on Very High for the cleanest encode.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert and save your MOV. No sign-up, no watermark.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this extract the motion clip from an iPhone Live Photo?

No. An iPhone Live Photo is a pair: a still frame (HEIC or JPEG) plus a separate .mov that records roughly 1.5 seconds before and after the shutter. This converter only reads the still HEIC you upload and renders it as a fixed-frame video — it cannot reach into a Live Photo bundle to pull out that motion track. If the .mov component is already saved on your device, you do not need to convert anything; use it directly.

Why is the output MOV a still image instead of a moving video?

Because the source is a single photo. MOV is a container that can hold motion, but the motion has to come from somewhere — multiple frames or a recorded clip. Wrapping one HEIC produces a video where every frame is identical, so it looks like a held still. To get real movement, upload several photos and use Merge images for a slideshow, or start from an actual video file.

Will the converted MOV have any sound?

No. When the source is a still image, xconvert produces a silent MOV — there is no Audio Codec option on an image-to-video job because there is no audio track to encode. If you need a soundtrack, add it afterward in your video editor, or merge the still with a clip that already carries audio.

How long is the MOV, and can I change the duration?

You set the on-screen time in the Duration control; the default is 5 seconds per frame, with presets from a single frame (1/60s) up to 10 seconds. In our testing, one 12-megapixel HEIC at 5 seconds on the Very High preset produced a silent H.264 MOV of roughly 1-2 MB, because a static frame compresses heavily. When you merge several photos, their durations simply add together.

Which video codec and container does the output MOV use?

The output is an H.264 video stream inside a QuickTime (.mov) container — H.264 is the default for MOV on xconvert. QuickTime is the format Apple published in 2001 that ISO later adopted as the basis of the ISO Base Media File Format (ISO/IEC 14496-12), the same structure MP4 uses, so a MOV and an MP4 produced here carry the same video.

Does the MOV keep the HEIC's HDR color and metadata?

A HEIC can store 10-bit HDR and wide (Display P3) color, plus EXIF such as capture date and GPS. Re-encoding to an 8-bit H.264 MOV does not carry that photo metadata into the video, and 10-bit HDR is reduced to standard 8-bit with a plain colour conversion — no tone-mapping is applied, so strongly HDR shots can look flat or washed out. If you need to preserve the original EXIF or HDR, keep the HEIC or convert to a still image with the HEIC to JPG converter instead.

What happens to a portrait or non-16:9 HEIC?

The photo keeps its aspect ratio and is centered, with any leftover space filled by the Background Color (White by default, with two dozen colors available). A tall iPhone portrait becomes a video with white bars on the sides rather than being stretched. Pick a Fixed or Preset resolution — for example 1080 x 1920 — if you need the canvas to match a vertical target like Stories.

Should I convert to MOV or MP4 for my workflow?

Choose MOV when your workflow is Apple-centric — Final Cut Pro, iMovie, and QuickTime Player all expect .mov assets. Because MOV and MP4 share the same underlying container structure and carry the same H.264 video here, the quality is identical; the difference is compatibility. For the web, Android, and the widest playback, use the HEIC to MP4 converter instead.

Are my uploaded HEIC photos kept private?

Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, and nothing is ever shared or made public. There is no account to create, and free uploads are limited to 400 MB per file and 5 jobs at a time (paid plans raise the cap).