Pixazo APIVideo Tools APIMOV to MP4 API

MOV to MP4 API - Convert MOV to MP4 API: Pricing, Documentation

by Pixazo

The MOV to MP4 API turns your .mov files into a clean MP4 (H.264/AAC) through a single call. It identifies the source format from the file's actual content rather than its extension, so MOV, AVI, WMV, MXF, MKV, FLV, MTS, 3GP and WebM all work through the same endpoint — and a file with the wrong extension, which is what breaks most converters, still converts correctly. Output is written with faststart, so playback can begin before the file has finished downloading. Send a video_url, poll the request, then download the result. Billing is per second of the source video, so a one-minute clip costs twelve cents and you know the price before you submit. Just need a one-off file? Run the same conversion free in your browser with the MOV to MP4 Converter — no code, no API key required.

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MOV to MP4 API Documentation

Authentication

All requests require an API key passed via header.

Pricing: Billed at $0.002 per second of input video — measured on the source you submit, not on the file returned. A 60-second video costs $0.12.

Rounding: billing is per second but always rounds up to a whole second — a 5.06-second source bills as 6 seconds. The shortest billable job is 1 second.

Retries: this is an asynchronous job on shared encoding capacity, so a request can occasionally come back processing_failed or take longer than usual. These are transient and succeed on a retry, and a failed job is never charged — the wallet hold is released.

HeaderTypeRequiredDescription
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-KeystringYesYour API subscription key

MOV to MP4 generate request

Request Code

POST https://gateway.pixazo.ai/media-tools/v1/video-convert
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-cache
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "video_url": "https://api-assets.pixazo.ai/media-api-test/t.mov"
}

Output

{
  "request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "status": "QUEUED",
  "polling_url": "https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}

Webhook (Optional)

Add the X-Webhook-URL header to your generate request to receive a POST callback instead of polling.

X-Webhook-URL: https://your-server.com/webhook/callback

Request Parameters - MOV to MP4 generate request

ParameterRequiredTypeDefaultAllowed values / rangeDescription
video_urlYesstringHTTP(S) URL; ≤ 500 MB, ≤ 600 sPublicly reachable HTTP(S) URL of the source video. The format is detected from the file's content, not its extension — MOV, AVI, WMV, MXF, MKV, FLV, MTS, 3GP and WebM all work, and a file with the wrong extension still converts correctly. Output is always MP4 (H.264/AAC).

Example Request

{
  "video_url": "https://api-assets.pixazo.ai/media-api-test/t.mov"
}

Response

{
  "request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "status": "QUEUED",
  "polling_url": "https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}

Request Headers

HeaderValue
Content-Typeapplication/json
Cache-Controlno-cache
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-KeyYOUR_API_KEY

Response Handling

Common status codes.

CodeMeaning
202Accepted — Request queued
400Bad Request
401Unauthorized
Insufficient Balance
403Forbidden
Too Many Requests
500Internal Server Error

Error Responses

Queue system errors and model validation errors.

Queue System Errors

// 402 — Insufficient balance
{
  "error": "Insufficient Balance",
  "message": "Your wallet does not have enough balance."
}

// 400 — Model not found
{
  "error": "Model not found",
  "message": "Model 'media-convert' not found or is disabled"
}

Error via Status/Webhook

{
  "request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "status": "ERROR",
  "model_id": "media-convert",
  "error": "Description of the error",
  "output": null
}

Retrieving Results

Poll the universal status endpoint to check progress and retrieve results.

Endpoint

GET https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/{request_id}
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

cURL Example

curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"

Response (Completed)

{
  "request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "model_id": "media-convert",
  "error": null,
  "output": {
    "media_url": [
      "https://pub-582b7213209642b9b995c96c95a30381.r2.dev/v1/media-convert_019dxxxx/output.mp4"
    ],
    "media_type": "video/mp4"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:15.000Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:15.000Z"
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
request_idstringUnique request identifier
statusstringQUEUED, PROCESSING, COMPLETED, FAILED, or ERROR
model_idstringModel that processed the request
errorstring|nullError message if failed
output.media_urlarrayURLs to generated media (R2 CDN)
output.media_typestringMIME type of the output
created_atstringWhen request was created
completed_atstringWhen request completed
polling_urlstringStatus URL (initial response only)

Status Values

StatusDescription
QUEUEDRequest accepted, waiting to be processed
Being processed by the model
COMPLETEDDone — output contains the result
FAILEDFailed — check error field
ERRORSystem error — not charged

Status Flow

QUEUED → PROCESSING → COMPLETED
                    → FAILED
                    → ERROR

Typical Workflow

  1. Send a generate request to the API endpoint
  2. Save the request_id from the response
  3. Poll every 5–10 seconds: GET /v2/requests/status/{request_id}
  4. When status is COMPLETED, download from output.media_url

Tip: Use the X-Webhook-URL header to get a callback instead of polling.

MOV to MP4 API Pricing

Your request will cost $0.002 per second of input video.
60-second video = $0.12

⚡ Performance

Live usage measured on Pixazo's gateway, split by model version. Generation time is how long a generation takes end-to-end (lower is better). Success rate is the percent of generations that complete (higher is better).

Show data for the last
Generations
163,600last 30d
~5,453 per day
Success rate
98.5%
of completed generations
Generation time
1.2savg
p95 2.1s
Requests
Aug 3max 7,600Sep 1
MOV to MP4Avg 5,453/day
Generation Time
Aug 3max 1.5sSep 1
MOV to MP4Avg 1.2s
Error Rate
Aug 3max 5.0%Sep 1
MOV to MP4Avg 1.5%

〰 Uptime

Percent of generations that succeeded over the selected period, per model version.

Avg. Success Rate (30d)
98.47%
across all generations of this model family
Uptime
Aug 3max 100%Sep 1
SuccessfulAvg 98.47%