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Video format problem

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
April 16, 2025
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Hello, I want to ask, I want to upload my stock video in mp4 format, but when I check the assets or stock videos of other contributors, they are all in MOV format, My videos are made using AI so the default format is mp4, do I have to convert my video first to MOV format??

Abambo

Community Expert

You will need to acquire some video theory if you want to understand why this or that choice is best. If you do not want to learn that, which is completly OK, follow just blindly what Adobe accepts, by prioritizing what they recommend. You will be fine with that.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

yamato713108855

Community Expert

The recommended video codec is ProRes, which is preferred by professional editors.
It allows you to save beautiful images with little degradation.

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micro_6498Author

Participant

My mp4 to mov converter doesn't have prores codec available, the highest is H264, is that okay?

yamato713108855

Community Expert

There's no point in simply shooting in MPEG4 and converting it to ProRes, so I think it's best to leave it as is.

Jill_C

Community Expert

Have you read the help pages for videos?
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/video-requirements.html

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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micro_6498Author

Participant

yes i have read it, maybe the more precise context is why most contributors use MOV format? is there a reason behind it?? even though other formats like MPEG and mp4 are also supported, it's just my doubt

Abambo

Community Expert

.mov files are quicktime apple container files. mp4 files are also container files. Other container files (less frequent today) are avi on the PC platform. They contain additional information about the CODEC that has been used to save the movie file. A .mov and an .mp4 may both have used the same CODEC. The CODEC needs to be supported by your system (or by Adobe's database). And the CODEC determines the quality and compression ratio of your video.

So, in general it is irrelevant what container file format you choose.

Screen shot from Jill's link, that you either did not read or not understood:

When a lot of the contributors choosee the .mov container files, it only says that this is probably the easiest for them. Probability is high, that they are working on a macOS computer.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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