How to Convert MPG/MPEG to MOV on Mac

To play an mpg file, a QuickTime player on Mac couldn't fully satisfied. If you have an mpg file and you want to play it on your Mac, you need to download some components for Mac players or some other media players. If you want to edit this mpg file in iMovie, you need to convert this mpg file into mov format first, and then input and edit it.

If you only want to play your mpg file, here we recommend two components for QuickTime Player. The most popular components for Mac players on market are Perian and Flip4Mac. The first solution is download one from either official website.

Perian is an open source plug-in which enables QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on Mac OS X, i.e. AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW. If your mov file is still on strike, try to uninstall your old QuickTime Version and download the latest one QuickTime 7.6.

Flip4Mac is for watching Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and viewing Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser. It's not suitable for playing a mov file.

How to Convert MPG/MPEG to MOV on Mac?

If you want to do more and you want to edit it on iMovie or upload onto YouTube, you need a media converter for Mac to convert mpg/mpeg files to mov formats. Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac will show you how to achieve it within 5 steps.

1Free download Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac

You can free download MPG/MPEG to MOV Video Converter for Mac first, install and run it.

Note: For Windows users, you can use Windows Video Converter to finish your work.

2Next step is click ADD button on the top, and choose your mpg file you want to convert. If you have several mpg files and you want to put them together and get a complete mov file, just check all the files and check the box in front of Merge into one. Preview first, in case it's in the wrong order.

3Click "Trim" or "Crop" button to edit your MPG/ MPEG Video.

4Before pressing Convert button, we advise you check the setting first. You can change the settings manually, also you can use the original settings, which will work just perfect.

5Press "Start" to begin to convert MPG format to MOV for your Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included).

What is MOV?

MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files. The format was created by Apple Computer to work with multimedia files. MOV is a container format and can contain video, animation, graphics, 3D and virtual reality (VR) content or text (for subtitles, for example).