General Discussion - What is MOV format? michellewhibley - Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:46 pm Post subject: What is MOV format?
<p>MOV video file is a common multimedia format often used for saving movies and other video files, using a proprietary compression algorithm developed by Apple Computer, compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, effects, or text (e.g. for subtitles).</p>
<p>.MOV is a Common multimedia format often used for saving movies and other video files; uses a proprietary compression algorithm developed by Apple Computer; compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms.</p>
<p>Each track either contains a digitally-encoded media stream (using a specific format) or a data reference to the media stream located in another file. Tracks are maintained in a hierarchical 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.</p>
<p>Because both the MOV and MP4 container formats can use the same MPEG-4 formats, they are mostly interchangeable in a QuickTime-only environment.</p>
<p>MP4, being an international standard, has more support. This is especially true on hardware devices, such as the Sony PSP and various DVD players; on the software side, most DirectShow / Video for Windows codec packsinclude an MP4 parser, but not one for QTFF.</p>
<p>What's the Difference between MOV and MP4?</p>
<p>The International Organization for Standardization approved the QuickTime (.mov) file format as the basis of the MPEG-4 file format. The MPEG-4 file format specification was created on the basis of the QuickTime format specification published in 2001. The MP4 (.mp4) file format was published in 2001 as the revision of the MPEG-4 Part 1: Systems specification published in 1999.</p>
<p>In 2003, the first version of MP4 format was revised and replaced by MPEG-4 Part 14: MP4 file format. The MP4 file format was generalized into the ISO Base Media File Format ISO/IEC 14496-12:2004, which defines a general structure for time-based media files.</p>
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MOV video file is a common multimedia format often used for saving movies and other video files. James Andrew - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:53 pm Post subject:
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