Convert videos between MP4, WebM, MOV, and AVI formats instantly in your browser. Fast, free, and secure client-side conversion. No uploads, no sign-up.
All conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your video is never uploaded to a server.
The Video Converter tool changes the format of your video files right inside your browser, with no uploads and no sign-up. Load an MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, MKV or FLV clip, choose the format you need, and the tool re-encodes the video locally on your own device using the browser's native video engine — then hands you a downloadable file in the new format.
Video format conversion matters because different platforms, devices, and editing apps each expect specific containers. A WebM clip will not open in older media players, an MOV file from an iPhone may be rejected by a web upload form that only accepts MP4, and an AVI video is too bulky for smooth web streaming. Converting between MP4, WebM, MOV and AVI lets you make any clip play anywhere without installing desktop software.
Browser-based conversion is the private alternative to online converters that send your video to a remote server. Because every frame is processed locally with the MediaRecorder and Canvas APIs, the file never leaves your device, there is no upload queue, and nothing is stored after you close the tab. That makes it safe for personal footage, internal company clips, and anything you would rather not hand to a third party.
Choose an output format — MP4 for the widest compatibility, WebM for efficient web embedding, MOV for Apple workflows, or AVI for legacy systems — then pick a quality preset and optional target resolution. The tool detects your input format automatically, re-encodes the video in real time, shows a live progress bar with an estimated time remaining, and lets you preview and download the converted file. Use cases include preparing clips for social media, fixing compatibility for a web form, shrinking footage for email, and converting phone recordings for editing software.
Conversion runs entirely in your browser using the native HTMLMediaElement, Canvas, and MediaRecorder APIs — no WebAssembly download and no server round-trip. When you press Convert, the tool loads your video into an off-screen element, draws each frame onto a Canvas at the target resolution, and captures that Canvas as a live video stream at up to 30 frames per second.
Audio is routed through the Web Audio API: a MediaElementSource node feeds the original soundtrack into a MediaStreamDestination, and the resulting audio track is merged with the Canvas video track. MediaRecorder then encodes the combined stream into the output container you selected, producing a self-contained file. Because the work happens on your device, your video is never transmitted to or stored on Convert26 servers.
Browsers can natively encode WebM (VP9/VP8) and, on Safari and some Chromium builds, MP4 (H.264) via MediaRecorder. MOV and AVI containers cannot be produced directly in-browser, so the tool encodes to the closest supported container (MP4) and labels the download with your chosen extension so it imports correctly into apps that key off the file extension. The input format is detected automatically from the file name and MIME type, so you can load MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, MKV, FLV, WMV, 3GP and other common containers that your browser can decode.