Free online ODT to MOV converter

A video editor or playback system may require a MOV file, while the source content is an ODT document. Converting it creates a video slideshow of document pages; it does not turn the document’s text into moving footage.

What the ODT format is

ODT is the OpenDocument Text format for word-processing documents, including formatted text, tables, and images. LibreOffice Writer creates and opens ODT files; Apache OpenOffice Writer and other office applications can also use the format. ODT files commonly arrive as editable documents or exported office files.

What the MOV format is

MOV is a multimedia container developed for QuickTime. It can hold video and audio streams, but compatibility depends on the codecs inside the file. A MOV made from an ODT typically contains page images shown in sequence, with each page held for a set duration.

How to convert an ODT to MOV

Online on 101convert.com

1. Open the ODT-to-MOV converter page and upload the ODT file. Several files can be added for batch conversion; the page shows the per-file size limit.
2. Set show each page for to choose how long each document page appears.
3. Start the conversion, then download the MOV file when it is ready.

Offline with desktop software

For a local workflow, use LibreOffice, Poppler’s pdftoppm, and FFmpeg. These open-source tools run on Windows, macOS, and Linux. First export the ODT to PDF in LibreOffice using File → Export As → Export as PDF. Then, from a shell in the folder containing the PDF, render its pages and encode them as a video:

mkdir work
pdftoppm -png -r 150 input.pdf work/page
ffmpeg -framerate 1/5 -i work/page-%d.png -vf "scale=1920:1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1920:1080:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2,format=yuv420p" -r 30 -c:v libx264 -tag:v avc1 output.mov

The example holds each page for five seconds and fits it within a 1920 × 1080 frame; change 1/5 to adjust the page duration. The PDF must be named input.pdf, or the command must use its actual filename. Install FFmpeg and Poppler separately if they are not already available.

Quality and limitations

The MOV contains rendered page images, not editable text; links, document structure, and text search are not preserved. Rendering at a higher resolution can improve legibility but increases image and video size. Pages with different proportions may have empty margins in the video frame. The example creates a silent H.264 video; it adds no narration or music.