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Quicktime Format (.Mov) : Video Audio

Quicktime Format (.mov) QuickTime was released in 1991 by Apple and allowed color video playback on computers. It uses the .mov file extension and can store audio, video, images and other media. QuickTime uses its own codecs rather than system codecs. It supports many video and audio codecs and can handle high definition content. The Apple QuickTime Player can playback .mov files on Mac and Windows, while alternatives also exist.

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Quicktime Format (.Mov) : Video Audio

Quicktime Format (.mov) QuickTime was released in 1991 by Apple and allowed color video playback on computers. It uses the .mov file extension and can store audio, video, images and other media. QuickTime uses its own codecs rather than system codecs. It supports many video and audio codecs and can handle high definition content. The Apple QuickTime Player can playback .mov files on Mac and Windows, while alternatives also exist.

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Quicktime Format (.

mov)
History of QuickTime Before the advent of QuickTime, during the early 90s only specialized computers designed with dedicated playback hardware could only play color video. At the time, only few people had access to such a device and let alone owned one. The first version of Apple QuickTime was released on December 2nd 1991 by its lead developed Bruce Leak. He played the famous 1984 Apple TV commercial on a mac, which was perceived as an astounding technological breakthrough for the time. What is QuickTime video.

The Apple QuickTime (.mov) video file format Is yet another container filer format which can be used to store audio, video, text, pictures other data. It is part of the QuickTime framework and is intentionally designed to be used as a exchange container for digital media between applications, devices and diverse operating systems. During the olden days QuickTime files carried the .qt extension but since then .mov is the most popular. Although QuickTime is a container file format, the standard operating system codecs cannot be used directly within QuickTime and specialized QuickTime codecs must be installed to extend its functionality. Some codecs supported out of the box Video MPEG-2 MPEG-4 H.264 H.263 H.261 Apple ProRes Apple Pixlet Animation Cinepak Component Video DV DVC Pro 50 Graphics Motion JPEG Photo JPEG Sorenson Video 2 Sorenson Video 3 Audio AAC HE-AAC Apple Lossless MP3 AMR Narrowband MS ADPCM QDesign Music 2 QCELP IMA 4:1 MACE 3:1 MACE 6:1 ALaw 2:1 ULaw 2:1

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Beyond this especially designed third party codec packs can be installed to extend QuickTime functionality. Further, certain video capture device manufacturers such as Decklink and Aja make their own codecs to work within the QuickTime framework and extend the functionality of their hardware. QuickTime is good at handling High Definition content specially with the introduction of the H264 codec set (H264 is apple proprietary version of the free x264 codec set), and has the ability to work with multiple HD audio streams. Playback of .mov

Quicktime Player by Apple is the official app for the playback of .mov files. It is freely available for both Windows and Mac while a Pro version with added functionality is available at a fee. QuickTime can be downloaded standalone or can be obtained bundled with Apple iTunes and Safari. QuickTime Alternative is a software application and codec pack that enables the playback of .mov files on the windows platform. It is not officially licenced by apple and is installed with some additional browser plugins. VideoLAN VLC Player is also capable of playing most QuickTime files with occasional problems as it uses its own set of freeware codec libraries to decode the video.

References http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3775 http://developer.apple.com/standards/qtff-2001.pdf http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/QuickTime/QTFF/QTFFPreface/qtffPreface.html

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http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000086.shtml http://home.sol.se/michael/qtguide/ http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=QuickTime_container

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