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.
There are 2 other file types using
the MOV file extension!
.mov - AutoCAD AutoFlix movie
.mov - ROSE Online game data
Software that open mov file
MOV file extension - Apple QuickTime digital video
What is mov file? How to open mov files?
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
Updated: January 5, 2025
The default software associated to open mov file:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Windows 11 default media player is called Media Player. Microsoft developed it for the latest Windows 11 operating system (OS). Media Player replaces the old Windows Media Player, Windows 10 Groove Music, and Microsoft Movies & TV. It was released to all Win11 users on February 15, 2022.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
VLC media player for Mac is popular multimedia player that supports variety of audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
VLC media player for Android is a free and open source multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as network streaming protocols on smart devices with Google Android operating system.
List of software applications associated to the .mov file extension
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Software that open mov file - Apple QuickTime digital video
Programs supporting the exension mov on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open mov file action.
