How to Play MOV(QuickTime) files on Android Devices

Nowadays, more and more people are fond of watching videos or movies on their smartphone or tablet on the go. Besides viewing streaming entertainment online, you might opt to download video files to watch on go. But sometimes there's a problem: You open up the file, settle in, get ready to enjoy it… and it won't play. If you have a .mov file and you want to watch the .MOV file on your Android gadget, you'll need a specific video player since Android doesn't support quicktime videos by default. Or you can choose to encode/re-encode MOV to Android friendly formats, e.g. MP4 H.264 files, and then play the MP4 files on its default player. The instructions below will show you the top 2 easy ways to play MOV files on Android.

What is a .MOV File?

A MOVfile is a common multimedia container file format developed by Apple and compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms. It may contain multiple tracks that store different types of media data and it often used for saving movies and other video files. MOV files commonly use the MPEG-2 codec for compression.

Method 1: Play MOV files on Android with Best Third-party MOV Video Player

With the rapid development of the smartphone technology, the apps are developed more and more with powerful functions. With these apps we can almost meet our daily needs of working, entertainment and living trivia. You can try some top free Android media player apps which may bring you the conveniences on playing MOV files with your Android devices. Here are the top 3 free MOV players app for Android.

1. VLC for Android

The best-recommended solution is VLC for Android. This free media player has capabilities to play almost any video or audio format thrown at it, and MOV format is not an exception. Although some users have cited issues with performance while playing MOV, I have never had any issues on my side. Nonetheless, it is worthwhile.

It's a better idea to use VLC as you default video player to watch .MOV on Android and other video formats as well.

2. MX Player

This free player is said to have the ability to take the task of playing any media file format and capable of accepting other plugins for extensibility. The developers of this perfect movie player claim that it plays everything, and sure enough, MOV is no exception. This monster of a player with over 10 million downloads has powerful hardware acceleration support with multicore decoding; thus, a significant boost is expected for users in multicore processor environments.

3. Wondershare Player

Some may remember Wondarshare for their desktop software which included a pretty good video converter. It turns out they also have a video player available that's pretty solid. This Android media player supports various video formats like FLV, MKV, AVI, ROMB, MP4, MOV and more. Besides, you can also use it to watch videos from the most popular entertainment sites, like YouTube, Vevo, Matecafe, Vimeo, etc.. It's free to use so there is no harm in trying it out.

Method 2: Encode/Re-encode MOV to MP4 for Playing Quicktime Videos on Android

Note that though there are so many Android media players for you to play MOV files, many of them may not play MOV files in high quality (1080p, 4K) on your device. What's more, some apps will slow down your device. Does this mean that you can't view your MOV videos on your Android device? Never mind, you have another choice - convert MOV to MP4 for Android.

To get the job done, you can try this easy-to-use yet powerful video encoder and decoder software - EaseFab Video Converter. Using the program, you can convert MOV to Android MP4 videos at a super-fast speed (30X faster) with lossless quality. Videos can also be converted to device-specific formats to avoid any compatibility issues. Batch processing is also supported. The built-in video editor allows to trim, crop, cut, and add watermark to videos before converting them. You can also add subtitles during the MOV to MP4 conversion.

How to Convert MOV for Android

Step 1. Download and launch EaseFab Video Converter on Windows PC or Mac. Click Add Video to import your MOV video. Dragging and dropppingworks too. (Note: batch conversion is supported, so you can several mov videos to the program to convert at a time.)

Step 2. Click the Profile bar at the bottom and you can select MP4 (encoded by H.264) from Common Video category since MP4 is an universal format for all Android devices. You can also select Android Phones or Android Tablets from Android category. If you need to convert MOV for a specific device, you can also find a profile from the corresponding category according to your Android device.

Step 3. After everything is OK, simply hit Convert at the lower-right corner of its interface to activate the MOV to Android MP4 conversion.

Once the conversion completes, you can click Open to locate the converted MP4 videos and then you can download your MOV files for playback on your Android device using any Android player.

Final Words:

.MOV files are not supported on major video players on Android. In order to play MOV files on Android, the user needs to install a third-party video player. However, you can also convert the .mov files to another video format which we also recommend.