.. index:: QuickTime Movie
.. index:: .mov

QuickTime Movie
===============================================================================

Extensions: .mov


Owner: `Apple Computer <https://www.apple.com/>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |yes|

Export: |yes|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: QTReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code <QTReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/QTReader>`)

Writer: QTWriter (:bsd-writer:`Source Code <QTWriter.java>`)

Freely Available Software:

- `QuickTime Player <https://support.apple.com/downloads/quicktime>`_


We currently have:

* a `QuickTime specification document <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/quicktime-file-format>`_ 
* 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: |Good|

Metadata: |Fair|

Openness: |Fair|

Presence: |Outstanding|

Utility: |Poor|

**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           
====== ================================== =================== 

.. seealso:: 
    `QuickTime software overview <https://support.apple.com/quicktime>`_