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Rather than absolute file types both .MOV and .MP4 are what are known as Container formats. They can hold various file types in a single file. The .M4V extension is a variation of the .MP4 (MPEG-4) type known as MPEG-4 Visual. So the question is: what do you want to do with the file?
If you want to edit the file then the .MOV option is a good choice as it allows editing to take place without the need to handle and rewrite the original files.
If you want to upload a video to the web then the H.264 option (itself part of the MP4 specification known as H.264/AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10) is a good choice offering the highest quality balanced with the smallest file size that is widely usable - for example the FLV (another container format) videos found on YouTube can be H.264.
If you want to burn a video onto a DVD then MPEG-2 would be preferable as that will be read by all DVD players.
Within any option you can alter the quality by increasing/decreasing the compression and delivery rates. If the video is going to a phone the data rate could be down to 80 kbit per second and the sane video viewed on a computer would be delivered at up to 5 Mbit per second.
There is no simple answer as it will depend upon the nature of the video file, what you wish to do with it, and what you would consider an acceptable quality.
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