QuickTime File Format

QuickTime Movie
Filename extension
.mov, .movie, .qt
Internet media type
video/quicktime[1][2]
Type codeMooV
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.apple.quicktime-movie
Developed byApple Inc.
Initial releaseProprietary: December 2, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-02)
Public: March 1, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-01)[3]
Latest release
September 13, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-13)[4]
Type of formatContainer format
Container forAudio, video, text
Extended toMPEG-4 Part 12
Open format?Yes
Free format?No[5]

QuickTime File Format (QTFF) is a computer file format used natively by the QuickTime framework.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Video Media Types". IANA. June 4, 1993. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  2. ^ Gellens, R.; Singer, D.; Frojdh, P. (November 2005). "The Codecs Parameter for "Bucket" Media Types". IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC4281. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "QuickTime File Format" (PDF). Apple Developer. Apple. March 1, 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "QuickTime File Format Specification - Document Revision History". Apple Developer. September 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. ^ QuickTime File Format (Full draft). Sustainability of Digital Formats. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. February 14, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. ^ Apple Inc. "QuickTime File Format Specification: Introduction to QuickTime File Format Specification". Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  7. ^ AfterDawn.com. "QuickTime - AfterDawn.com glossary". Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "QuickTime container". MultimediaWiki. Retrieved July 20, 2010.