# QuickTime Movie

Extensions: .mov

Owner: Apple Computer

Support

BSD-licensed:

Export:

Officially Supported Versions:

Reader: QTReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)

Writer: QTWriter (Source Code)

Freely Available Software:

- QuickTime Player

We currently have:

- a QuickTime specification document

- several QuickTime datasets

- the ability to produce more datasets

We would like to have:

- more QuickTime datasets, including:

  - files compressed with a common, unsupported codec

  - files with audio tracks and/or multiple video tracks

Ratings

Pixels:

Metadata:

Openness:

Presence:

Utility:

Additional Information

Bio-Formats can save image stacks as QuickTime movies. The following table shows supported codecs:

Codec | Description | Native
--- | --- | ---
raw | Full Frames (Uncompressed) | read & write
iraw | Intel YUV Uncompressed | read only
rle | Animation (run length encoded RGB) | read only
jpeg | Still Image JPEG DIB | read only
rpza | Apple Video 16 bit “road pizza” | read only (partial)
mjpb | Motion JPEG codec | read only

See also

QuickTime software overview