MOV Video Format

What is MOV video format? MOV video format is a video container format for QuickTime. MOV video format is created by Apple Computer to create, edit, publish, and view multimedia files. MOV video file formats can contain video, animation, graphics, 3D and virtual reality content. It doesn't define the actual compression technology the video has to use, but just defines the video structure instead.

Both MOV video format and MP4 containers can use the same MPEG-4 codecs, they are mostly interchangeable in a QuickTime-only environment. However, MP4, being an international standard, has more support. Most DirectShow / Video for Windows codec packs include an MP4 parser, but not one for MOV video format. MOV video file formats now support multichannel audio (used, for example, in the high-definition trailers on Apple's site), while QuickTime's support for audio in the MP4 container is limited to stereo.

MOV video format normally represents a QuickTime multimedia file. Apple distributes the QuickTime Player, allowing Mac and Windows users to view QuickTime multimedia either inside or outside of their web browser. The QuickTime player is available for both the Mac and Windows operating systems. There are two versions, a free, limited player and a pro version. The free version provides only the most basic MOV video format playback features whereas the pro version offers full screen playback for MOV video file formats and editing and recording features.

MOV video format functions as a multimedia container file which contains one or more tracks. Each track either contains a digitally-encoded media stream or a data reference to the media stream located in another file. Tracks are maintained in a hierarchal data structure consisting of objects called atoms. An atom can be a parent to other atoms or it can contain media or edit data, but it cannot do both. With the ability to contain abstract data and the separation of the media data from the media offsets, MOV video format is particularly suited for editing, as it is capable of importing and editing in place. Other media container formats such as Microsoft's Advanced Systems Format or the open source Ogg and Matroska containers lack this abstraction, and require all media data to be rewritten after editing.

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