Convert MOV files to Plex suppoted playing-format

Plex is a media player system and software suite comprising many player applications for 10-foot user interfaces, and an associated media server that organizes personal media stored on local devices. It organizes audio (music) and visual (photos and videos) content from personal media libraries and streams it to mobile devices, smart TVs, and streaming boxes. 

Plex announced that it supports wide range of media formats. If your device supports it, Plex will stream it directly. If it doesn’t, Plex will transcode it to an acceptable format for your device. But Plex only support some video formats and using Plex to convert video is not convenient. Take playing mov as an example, Plex media player can only play some MOV not all MOV files. Some MOVs whose codecs are not accepted by Plex media player. 

The best solution (even though it kinda sucks) is to just re-encode it into standard H.264 .mp4 files using a third-party tool like Pavtube Video Converter. With it, you can fast convert MOV video to Plex supported formats seamlessly. What’s more, this video converter supports converting H.265, MOV, VOB, WTV, MPG, WMV, TiVo, AVI, etc to Plex supported file format. And with the built-in video editor, you can personalize and retouch your videos in clicks. For Mac guys, try Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. Download the program and learn how to change MOV to Plex compatible H.264 video on Mac (macOS Sierra, El Capitan Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion included). 

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How to Transcode MOV Files to Plex Compatible Format 


Step 1. Load original MOV files 

Click “Add” button on the main interface to load your MOV files to the program. (Drag&Drop function is included.) 

 

Step 2. Select output format 

Click “Format” and choose MP4 from “Common Video” as output format, which can be recognized by Plex easily. Here HD MP4/MP4 are supported. 

 

Tips: With the right settings you can retain the quality of the original videos while also saving space. This is particularly helpful when streaming over your network, depending on your network quality. Simply click Settings bar and you can tweak the settings to your satisfaction and even save it as preset. 

 

Step 3. Start MOV to Plex Conversion 

Finally, hit the “Convert” button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert MOV to Plex Media Server compatible video files. 

After the conversion, click “Open” to quickly find the converted movies. Then, Plex will recognize, catalog, play and stream these MOV files at ease. 

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