QuickTime Movie — Bio-Formats 8.2.0 documentation (original) (raw)
Extensions: .mov
Owner: Apple Computer
Support
BSD-licensed: 
Export:
Officially Supported Versions:
Reader: QTReader (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
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Metadata: 
Openness:
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Utility: 
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 |