Free tool
MOV translator
This MOV translator gives an iPhone video, a QuickTime recording or a Mac screen recording subtitles in another language: the speech is transcribed and translated, then timed to the video as SRT or VTT, while the picture stays on your device.
- Free
- iPhone and Mac videos
- The video stays on your device
Drop your MOV video here, or Choose your MOV video
MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, 3GP or WebM video. Up to 30 minutes of each file, 3 free files a day.
Filming on an iPhone and editing on a Mac? NoteOwl transcribes your recordings on the Mac with unlimited transcription and saves SRT subtitles with each speaker’s name.
How it works
How do you translate a MOV video?
Drop the MOV here, choose the subtitle language and wait a few seconds. The browser reads only the sound track: it’s transcribed in pieces, translated, and turned into subtitles that appear when each line is spoken. Download the SRT for your editor or video site.
- 1
Bring the MOV across
AirDrop it from the iPhone to a Mac, import it with Photos, or use a screen recording straight from the desktop.
- 2
Pick the language
Subtitles come in English unless you choose another language. Up to 30 minutes of each video.
- 3
Save SRT or VTT
Or switch to Original for subtitles in the language the video was recorded in.
Can you translate a video filmed on an iPhone?
Yes, whichever camera format it was shot in. High Efficiency (HEVC), Most Compatible (H.264) and ProRes MOVs all opened in Chrome and in Safari’s engine in our tests. The picture is ignored; only the speech is used.
A ProRes file is more than ten times larger, but the page sends the same small pieces of sound, so it isn’t slower to translate.
- HEVC picture, AAC sound
- File size2.1 MB
- Sound sentAbout 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces
- H.264 picture, AAC sound
- File size2.6 MB
- Sound sentAbout 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces
- ProRes 422 picture, 24-bit PCM sound
- File size34.6 MB
- Sound sentAbout 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces
| MOV | File size | Sound sent |
|---|---|---|
| HEVC picture, AAC sound | 2.1 MB | About 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces |
| H.264 picture, AAC sound | 2.6 MB | About 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces |
| ProRes 422 picture, 24-bit PCM sound | 34.6 MB | About 0.36 MB, in 3 pieces |
How do you add translated subtitles to a Mac screen recording?
Record with Shift-Command-5, with a microphone picked under Options, and macOS saves a .mov named “Screen Recording” and the date on your desktop. Drop that file here, choose the language your viewers read, and download the subtitles.
A recording made with the microphone set to None has no sound track, so there is nothing to translate; the page says so rather than giving you empty subtitles.
Sending an iPhone video to someone who speaks another language?
Translate it into their language and send the SRT with the video. They can open both in a player such as VLC, which shows the subtitles over the picture, or you can upload the video to YouTube with the subtitles attached and share the link.
Which MOVs can’t be translated?
Those with Dolby Digital (AC-3) sound, which neither Chrome nor Safari can decode, and those with no sound track at all. MOVs with AAC or PCM sound, the usual kinds from Apple devices, open normally.
Keeping your iPhone recordings searchable on a Mac?
Save the MOV’s sound as an MP3 with the MOV to MP3 converter and import it into NoteOwl, which transcribes it on your Mac with unlimited transcription and saves SRT subtitles with speaker names. For a MOV’s transcript alone, use MOV to text.
FAQ
Questions about translating MOV videos
Is the MOV translator free?
Yes, free with no sign-up: 3 MOV videos a day, each up to 30 minutes, with SRT, VTT and text downloads.
Does it work in Safari on an iPhone?
Yes. Open the page in Safari, tap Choose file and pick the video. Keep the page on screen while it works, since a phone can pause a page that’s in the background.
Is my video sent to a server?
Its picture never is. The browser takes the sound out on your device and sends it in short pieces to a cloud AI transcription service, then sends the transcript’s text to a cloud AI translation service. Both discard what they receive; NoteOwl stores nothing.
Will the subtitles match the video’s timing?
Yes. Each subtitle starts when its words are spoken in the MOV and stays up long enough to read, between 1 and 7 seconds, in at most 2 lines.
Does it change my MOV file?
No. You get subtitle files, not a new soundtrack, and your MOV is left exactly as it was. To show the subtitles permanently, burn them in with a video editor.
What about a MOV longer than 30 minutes?
Its first 30 minutes get translated subtitles, and the page tells you where it stopped. Trim the rest into separate clips to translate them too.
Keep exploring
More video translator tools
- Video translatorA free video translator: drop in a video and download subtitles in another language, timed to the speech, as SRT or VTT; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
- M4V translatorTranslate an M4V video free in your browser: translated SRT or VTT subtitles; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
- MKV translatorTranslate an MKV video with AAC or Opus sound free in your browser: translated subtitles; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
- 3GP translatorTranslate a 3GP phone video with AAC sound free in your browser: translated subtitles; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
- WebM translatorTranslate a WebM video, such as a browser screen recording, free in your browser: translated subtitles; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
iPhone and Mac recordings, transcribed on your Mac
Free to download. Runs entirely on your Mac.
macOS 26 or later · Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) · 16 GB memory minimum, 24 GB recommended
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