.. index:: QuickTime Movie
.. index:: .mov
QuickTime Movie
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Extensions: .mov
Owner: `Apple Computer `_
**Support**
BSD-licensed: |yes|
Export: |yes|
Officially Supported Versions:
Readers:
- NativeQTReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `)
- LegacyQTReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `)
Writer: QTWriter (:bsd-writer:`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: |Good|
Metadata: |Fair|
Openness: |Fair|
Presence: |Outstanding|
Utility: |Poor|
**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:
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Codec Description Native LegacyQTJava
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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
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.. seealso::
`QuickTime software overview `_