QuickTime Movie¶
Extensions: .mov
Owner: Apple Computer
Support
BSD-licensed: 
Export:
Officially Supported Versions:
Readers:
- NativeQTReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)
- LegacyQTReader (Source Code, Supported Metadata Fields)
Writer: QTWriter (Source Code)
Freely Available Software:
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 has two modes of operation for QuickTime:
- The legacy QTJava mode requires QuickTime for Java which will only run with a 32-bit JVM and is no longer available from Apple.
- Native mode works on systems with no QuickTime (e.g. Linux).
Bio-Formats can save image stacks as QuickTime movies. The following table shows supported codecs:
| Codec | Description | Native | LegacyQTJava |
|---|---|---|---|
| raw | Full Frames (Uncompressed) | read & write | read & write |
| iraw | Intel YUV Uncompressed | read only | read & write |
| rle | Animation (run length encoded RGB) | read only | read & write |
| jpeg | Still Image JPEG DIB | read only | read only |
| rpza | Apple Video 16 bit “road pizza” | read only (partial) | read only |
| mjpb | Motion JPEG codec | read only | read only |
| cvid | Cinepak | read & write | |
| svq1 | Sorenson Video | read & write | |
| svq3 | Sorenson Video 3 | read & write | |
| mp4v | MPEG-4 | read & write | |
| h263 | H.263 | read & write |
See also
