MOV

Apple QuickTime digital video

File type: Digital video and movie file

Files with mov extension can be found as digital movies and multimedia files format for QuickTime from Apple. MOV file format is a multimedia container format that can store one or more tracks of data such as video, audio, text, and effects.

Found 3 different file type records with the same mov filename suffix.

.mov (1)

What is mov file?

File type category:
Digital video and movie file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

File extension mov is related to Apple QuickTime Movie, a standard Macintosh video file format.

Apple Computer developed the QuickTime file format to create, edit, publish, and view multimedia files. QuickTime format can contain video, animation, graphics, 3D and virtual reality (VR) content. Only QuickTime files version 2.0 or earlier can be played in Windows Media Player. Later versions of QuickTime require the proprietary Apple QuickTime Player.

MOV file format is a multimedia container format that can store one or more tracks of data such as video, audio, text, and effects. Each track can either contain a digitally encoded media stream, playable using the appropriate codec, or a data reference to a media stream located in another file. In practice this means that it can be easily edited since there is no need to rewrite all media data after editing. 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 can't contain both.

This flexible format isn't limited only to Macintosh operating systems. The QuickTime (mov) file format functions as 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).

MIME types:
video/quicktime
video/x-quicktime
image/mov

How to open mov file?

Most current media players are able to open and play the *.mov files.

How to convert mov file?

MOV format is widely supported by most video converters and thus can be converted to a wide range of other multimedia formats.

Suggested software to open mov file:

Media Player

VLC media player

VLC media player for Mac

VLC media player for Android

Associated software actions with the mov file

.mov (2)

AutoCAD AutoFlix movie

File type category:
Plugin, addon file

Date updated: March 21, 2017

The mov file extension is related to the AutoCAD AutoFlix, an addon for AutoCAD to make presentations and animations using the 3D abilities of Release 10.

The animator was a set of commands that ran in the AutoCAD editor for defining animation paths and sequences. It was all sequential command line, no fancy key timing or Hierarchies. If you wanted fingers to move with the hand but still move themselves you had to noodle out the combined motions yourself.