PNG to MPEG Converter

Convert PNG to MPEG Online

Turn a single PNG image into an MPEG (MPEG-1/MPEG-2) video clip that holds the picture on screen for a duration you choose. There is no motion and no audio — it is your still frame, encoded as a short video so it plays anywhere a .mpg/.mpeg file plays: VLC, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, old set-top boxes, and DVD-style pipelines. Because video has no alpha channel, any transparent areas of the PNG are flattened onto a solid background colour you pick before converting.

How to Convert PNG to MPEG

1. Upload Your PNG File: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to load one or more PNGs. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically a few hours after conversion — no sign-up, no watermark.
2. Set the Duration: Open Advanced Options and use Duration (e.g. "5 seconds per frame") to choose how long the image is shown. If you upload several PNGs, use Merge images to join them into one clip or Video per image to get a separate file for each.
3. Pick a Background Colour and Quality: Set Background Color (default Black) — this is what fills any transparent pixels, since MPEG has no transparency. Set the Quality Preset (default Very High) and, if needed, change Video resolution from Keep original to a fixed or preset size.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and download your .mpeg file. No account, no email, no watermark.

MPEG-1 vs MPEG-2 — What You Get

Both are decades-old standards from the Moving Picture Experts Group and are among the most universally playable video formats. A still-image clip is tiny either way, so pick based on the player you need to satisfy.

A modern alternative: if your target is the web, a phone, or a messaging app, PNG to MP4 produces a far smaller, better-supported file. For a looping or animated image instead of a video, see PNG to GIF. Converting a photo rather than a graphic? Use JPG to MPEG.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will the PNG show in the MPEG video?

Exactly as long as you set in the Duration control — there is no fixed length baked into the format. Pick one of the presets (for example 1, 3, 5, or 10 seconds per frame) and the still image is held for that duration. If you upload multiple PNGs and choose Merge images, each frame is held for the duration you set, so total length is duration × number of images.

What happens to my PNG's transparency in the MPEG file?

It is flattened. MPEG video has no alpha channel, so every transparent or semi-transparent pixel is composited onto the solid Background Color you choose (default black). If your PNG has a transparent background and you want it white, set Background Color to White before converting. There is no way to keep see-through areas in a video file — if you need real transparency, you need an image format like PNG or an animated format with alpha, not MPEG.

Does the MPEG file have any sound?

No. A single still image carries no audio, so the output is a silent video. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 both support audio tracks (MP2, and AAC for MPEG-2), but there is nothing to encode here — the clip is video-only.

Is the output MPEG-1 or MPEG-2?

The output is an MPEG program stream with a .mpeg/.mpg extension, the container shared by MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. For a static frame the practical difference is negligible — both play on essentially any media player. MPEG-1 (ISO/IEC 11172) is the more universally decodable of the two; MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818, also known as H.262) is the codec used by DVD-Video and digital TV broadcasting.

Why is my MPEG file so much larger than the PNG?

Because you are now storing a video, not one image. Even a still frame is re-encoded as a stream of frames for the full duration you set, and MPEG-1/MPEG-2 are older, less efficient codecs than modern ones. In our testing, a 1920×1080 PNG held for 5 seconds produced a multi-megabyte MPEG, whereas the same still as PNG to MP4 (H.264) is dramatically smaller. If file size matters, lower the Quality Preset or Video resolution, shorten the duration, or convert to MP4 instead.