À propos des fichiers MOV

MOV (QuickTime Movie · Format vidéo)

Lancement 1991 Par Apple Computer

QuickTime Movie (.mov) est un format de fichier pris en charge par KaijuConverter pour l’archivage, l’échange professionnel et la conversion multiplateforme.

Famille

Video Files

Extension

.mov

Type MIME

video/quicktime

Utilisable comme

Entrée Sortie

L'histoire

COMMENT MOV
A VU LE JOUR.

1991

2001

QuickTime launched in December 1991 as Apple’s digital video system for Mac, and .mov was its native container. Apple’s design was ahead of its time: a single file could hold video, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, chapters, sprites, and arbitrary custom tracks. That architecture was so ahead of the field that ISO borrowed it wholesale for MPEG-4 in 2001 — the MP4 container is literally the QuickTime file format with a different header.

For three decades .mov has been the lingua franca of professional video editing. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, and Avid all work natively in MOV. Broadcast pipelines, post houses, and indie filmmakers all ship MOV masters with ProRes codecs inside. Consumer-facing .mov files are rarer now as iPhones record MP4/HEVC — but professional video stays MOV.

CURIOSITÉS ET
ANECDOTES.

The ISO MP4 container spec is literally a copy of the QuickTime file format with a new MIME type.

A single .mov file can hold dozens of tracks: multiple videos, audio languages, subtitles, chapters, even 3D geometry.

Apple ProRes (standard editing codec in pro video) lives almost exclusively inside .mov containers.

The QuickTime Player on macOS can play 28 different video formats but only writes .mov natively.

Final Cut Pro's entire render pipeline assumes .mov — you can import MP4 but output is always MOV.

POINTS FORTS ET
LIMITES.

Points forts

Professional-grade container — supports ProRes, DNxHD, and every pro codec.
Multi-track friendly — video, audio, subtitles, chapters, markers all coexist.
Native in every major NLE (Final Cut, Premiere, Resolve, Avid).
Low overhead — the ISOBMFF structure is efficient.
Timecode, alpha channels, and HDR metadata are first-class citizens.

Limites

Windows and Linux need QuickTime or FFmpeg-based players to read all features.
ProRes-encoded MOVs are gigantic — 4K clips run 400-900 MB/minute.
Metadata format diverges slightly from MP4, which causes interop bugs.
Older QuickTime codecs (like Animation or DV) are considered legacy.

Tailles et poids typiques

iPhone 4K clip (HEVC, 1 min)

170-300 MB

4K ProRes 422 (1 min)

400-600 MB

1080p ProRes 4444 (1 min)

800 MB - 1.5 GB

Spécifications techniques

MIME type: video/quicktime
Extensions: .mov, .qt
Container: QuickTime File Format (ISO Base Media File Format)
Common codecs: ProRes, H.264, HEVC, DNxHD, Animation
Max file size: 2^64 bytes

CONVERTIR DEPUIS
MOV

mov jpg mov png mov webp mov gif mov bmp mov mp4 mov mkv mov avi mov webm mov flv mov wmv mov 3gp mov mp3 mov wav mov flac mov aac mov m4a mov ogg mov opus mov wma mov ogv mov m4v mov ts mov dv mov m2v mov mjpeg mov nut mov y4m

CONVERTIR EN
MOV

mp4 mov avi mov mkv mov webm mov flv mov wmv mov mpeg mov 3gp mov ogv mov vob mov m4v mov ts mov m2ts mov mts mov mpg mov asf mov dv mov f4v mov h264 mov h265 mov m2v mov mjpeg mov mxf mov rm mov rmvb mov divx mov nut mov y4m mov swf mov

Cas d'usage courants

Video editing, Apple ecosystem, professional video production.