HEIC to MP4 Converter

Turn iPhone HEIC photos into an H.264 MP4: one clip per photo or a single slideshow, with the time per image, the frame size and the background colour under your control.

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Supports: HEIC

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Merge strategy
Select Merge images to combine all uploaded files into a single video. Use Video per image to create a separate video for each individual file.
Image Duration
Duration
How long each still image is held on screen. This applies to static images — including a static WebP, AVIF or HEIC. It is ignored for animated sources, which keep their own frame timing: GIF, APNG, and an animated WebP, AVIF or HEIC.
Background Color
Background Color
File Compression
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Video resolution

Convert HEIC to MP4 online, free. This HEIC to MP4 converter takes the photos an iPhone saves as .heic and renders them as an H.264 MP4 video. You decide how long each photo stays on screen, whether the photos become one video or one clip each, the frame size and the background colour, then download a file that plays on any phone, computer or TV.

How to convert HEIC to MP4

  1. Upload the HEIC files: Drag your .heic photos onto the page or click Add Files. Add one photo for a single clip, or several to build a slideshow; they appear in the video in the order of the file list.
  2. Set duration and layout: Under Image Duration, choose how long each photo is shown — the default is 5 seconds, and the range runs from 1/60 of a second to 10 seconds. Leave Merge strategy on Merge images for one video, or pick Video per image for a separate MP4 per photo.
  3. Convert and download: Click Convert. The default Very High preset and H.264 codec suit most uses; open Advanced Options for a particular frame size, codec or file size.

Image Duration and Merge strategy

Image Duration is the time each photo is held before the next one. The default, 5 seconds per frame, reads comfortably in a slideshow. The fractional settings — 1/24, 1/30 and 1/60 of a second — turn a numbered burst or time-lapse sequence into motion at 24, 30 or 60 frames per second. The video's length is the number of photos multiplied by this value. Merge images, the default strategy, joins every photo into one MP4 in list order; Video per image writes a separate MP4 for each photo.

Frame size and Background Color

With Video resolution on Keep original, the default, the frame follows the size of your photos. Fixed Resolutions gives a standard frame such as 1920 × 1080 (Full HD), 1080 × 1920 (vertical Full HD), 1080 × 1080 (square) or 3840 × 2160 (4K UHD); Preset Resolutions and a plain Width, Height or Width × Height are also offered. Each photo is scaled to fit inside the frame without cropping, and whatever the photo does not cover is filled with the Background Color — the bars beside a portrait photo in a landscape frame, for instance. Black and White are the usual choices; 23 other named colours are available.

Quality, codec and file size

The default Quality Preset, Very High, encodes H.264 at CRF 18 for 1080p output — a level at which compression is not normally visible on still photos. Under File Compression you can instead set a target size as a percentage or an exact figure in MB, a constant or variable bitrate, or your own CRF (16–51 for H.264; lower is better). Under Video Codec, in Advanced Options, H.265 makes smaller files than H.264 at the same quality but is not decoded by every device; AV1, VP9 and MPEG-4 are also offered.

When to convert HEIC to MP4

  • A photo has to go where only video is accepted — Stories, Reels, Shorts, a digital-signage player.
  • An album of iPhone photos must play on a TV, projector or Windows PC that does not open HEIC.
  • A burst or time-lapse sequence should become one smooth clip.

What to expect

The output is a silent MP4: HEIC files carry no sound, so the Audio Codec setting has no effect, and music has to be added afterwards in a video editor. Each HEIC is decoded to a lossless intermediate image before encoding, so the only quality loss is the video compression itself.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this convert the motion part of a Live Photo?

No. The .heic file is the still; the moving part of a Live Photo is a separate .mov clip. Export the Live Photo as a video on the iPhone (Share, then Save as Video) and use the MOV to MP4 converter.

Can I convert many HEIC photos into one video?

Yes. Upload them together and keep Merge strategy on Merge images. The photos play in the order of the file list, each for the Image Duration you set.

Can I trim the video or skip frames?

Not on this page: Trim and Drop Frames are not offered for image-to-video jobs. Control the length with Image Duration and the number of photos you upload.

Will my photos be cropped?

No. Each photo is scaled to fit inside the frame while keeping its proportions; any remaining area is filled with the Background Color.

Is there a limit on the number or size of files?

The number of photos is not fixed; very large jobs are bounded by upload size and time. Files are processed on our servers and deleted automatically after a few hours.

  • HEIC to JPG — a still image that opens everywhere, instead of a video
  • JPG to MP4 — the same slideshow tool for JPG photos
  • MOV to MP4 — for the video half of a Live Photo
  • Compress MP4 — shrink the finished video to a target size

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