<p>Somewhat of an duplicate of: <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/4895/can-i-manually-change-an-mp4-to-m4v-by-changing-the-extension-in-the-finder-m">Can I manually change an .mp4 to .m4v by changing the extension in the Finder (mac) or explorer (win)?</a></p>

<p>MP4 and M4V are essentially the exact same thing, M4V is usually used to indicate video only files but some sofware/companies are using it for standard MP4 files with video AND audio (lots of Apple software f.e.).
It's just a convention to indicate the type of content. An audio only MP4 f.e. would have the extension .m4a.
You can just rename the extension from .m4v to .mp4.</p>

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<p>Does Windows-7 already have something that does this?
Or is there a free download that does it?</p>

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How to convert a .m4v video/audio file to .mp4 on Windows-7, for free
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# How to convert a .m4v video/audio file to .mp4 on Windows-7, for free

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-05)

Does Windows-7 already have something that does this?
Or is there a free download that does it?

**Tags:** software-recommendation, conversion, mp4, video-standards


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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-05. Score: 3

Somewhat of an duplicate of: [Can I manually change an .mp4 to .m4v by changing the extension in the Finder (mac) or explorer (win)?](https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/4895/can-i-manually-change-an-mp4-to-m4v-by-changing-the-extension-in-the-finder-m)

MP4 and M4V are essentially the exact same thing, M4V is usually used to indicate video only files but some sofware/companies are using it for standard MP4 files with video AND audio (lots of Apple software f.e.).
It's just a convention to indicate the type of content. An audio only MP4 f.e. would have the extension .m4a.
You can just rename the extension from .m4v to .mp4.


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