Convert Video
Convert videos between MP4, MOV, and WebM formats with control over codec, quality, and compatibility settings. Handles format differences transparently while preserving audio, subtitles, and metadata. All transcoding runs locally on your self-hosted server.
Features
- Supports MP4, MOV, and WebM containers with modern codec options
- Preserves audio tracks, subtitle streams, and file metadata during conversion
- Configurable quality and bitrate settings for size-quality tradeoff control
- Hardware acceleration support for faster transcoding on capable servers
- Handles high-resolution source files including 4K and HDR content
What you can do
- Converting MOV files from iPhone recordings to MP4 for universal web playback
- Producing WebM versions of marketing videos for better browser-native performance
- Re-encoding legacy video files into modern codecs for reduced storage costs
- Converting client-delivered footage into the format required by an editing workflow
Self-hosted. Your files never leave your network.
SnapOtter runs entirely on your own infrastructure. Files processed with Convert Video are never uploaded to third-party servers. Deploy a single Docker container and process files with full privacy, no watermarks, and no usage limits. Open source under AGPL-3.0.
Frequently asked questions
- Which format should I choose for web playback?
- MP4 with H.264 offers the widest compatibility, while WebM with VP9 provides better compression at similar quality. Both work in modern browsers. All transcoding runs on your self-hosted SnapOtter instance.
- Will the conversion lose quality?
- Some quality loss is inherent in re-encoding, but you can control the tradeoff with quality settings. Higher quality settings produce larger files. Processing stays entirely on your own server.
- Can I convert videos with subtitles and multiple audio tracks?
- Yes, subtitle streams and audio tracks are preserved during conversion by default. All processing happens locally on your self-hosted server, so even large multi-track files stay private.
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