MOV to FLAC Converter

Extract the audio track from QuickTime MOV files (iPhone recordings, screen captures, edited footage) into FLAC — a lossless container that every audio editor handles cleanly.

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MOV (.mov) · Max 20 MB

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What is MOV?

Apple QuickTime video container. Common for iPhone recordings and Final Cut Pro exports. Extract the audio track to MP3, WAV, or other formats.

What is FLAC?

Lossless compression. Perfect quality at roughly half the size of WAV. The choice for audiophiles and archiving.

Why Convert MOV to FLAC?

MOV is Apple's QuickTime container, used by iPhone video, macOS screen recordings, and Final Cut Pro exports. The audio inside is typically AAC, sometimes ALAC (Apple Lossless), or PCM. When you only need the audio — for a podcast, voice-over, transcription, or post-production handoff — extracting to FLAC gives you a format every DAW reads natively, with full metadata support and no proprietary lock-in. If your MOV holds ALAC audio, the conversion to FLAC is bit-perfect: both are lossless, so the FLAC will be a sample-accurate copy of the original. If the MOV holds AAC (the common case), the FLAC wraps the decoded AAC waveform losslessly — no further quality loss, but no quality gain either. Either way, FLAC is the safe target: smaller than WAV by half, lossless, and accepted by every editor and archive system. For mastering houses, broadcast deliverables, and any scenario where the recipient is going to load the audio into a DAW, FLAC is what they want.

Who Uses This Converter

Podcast and voice-over extraction

Pull the voice track from an iPhone or QuickTime recording into a clean lossless file ready for editing in Audacity, Reaper, or Pro Tools.

Lecture and interview archives

Archive video recordings of lectures, interviews, and meetings as audio-only FLAC. Smaller than the original MOV, lossless quality, easy to search and transcribe.

Final Cut handoff to audio engineer

Export the audio bed from a Final Cut Pro MOV as FLAC for a mastering engineer or sound designer who works in a DAW.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it matter if my MOV has AAC or ALAC audio?

Yes — for quality, not for the workflow. If your MOV holds ALAC (Apple Lossless), the FLAC output is bit-perfect (both formats are lossless). If it holds AAC (lossy), the FLAC wraps the decoded AAC losslessly — the audio is whatever the AAC was. The converter handles both automatically; you don't need to know which one your file uses.

How do I know what audio my MOV contains?

On macOS: open the file in QuickTime, choose Window → Show Movie Inspector. Format will show 'AAC' or 'Apple Lossless'. On Windows: open in MediaInfo (free download). For iPhone videos, it's almost always AAC. For Final Cut exports with 'High Quality' settings, it may be ALAC or PCM.

What's the file size difference?

FLAC is ~half the size of WAV at the same quality, and 5–10× the size of the source AAC inside the MOV. A 1-minute iPhone video with AAC audio (~1 MB of audio) yields a 5–10 MB FLAC. ALAC-source MOVs convert to FLACs of similar size to the original ALAC track.

Will the conversion preserve audio sync?

The FLAC contains only audio, so 'sync' becomes irrelevant once it's standalone. The audio's start point, sample rate, and channel layout are preserved exactly. If you re-pair the FLAC with video later, it should align frame-accurately to the original timeline.

Why not just convert to WAV?

FLAC and WAV are both lossless. FLAC is half the size, supports better metadata, and is preferred for music workflows. Use WAV if a specific tool demands it (some hardware samplers, broadcast deliverables) or if you need PCM compatibility. Otherwise, FLAC is the better default.

Can I convert iPhone Voice Memos that exported as MOV?

Yes, though Voice Memos usually export as M4A. If you have a MOV, drop it in — the converter handles MOV containers regardless of source. The output FLAC will be voice-grade audio you can edit, transcribe, or archive.