QuickTime

Mac media framework

QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple for handling video, audio, and other digital media.

It was once essential software for playing video files on computers, particularly formats with the .mov extension.

Though largely replaced by newer technologies, QuickTime shaped how digital video worked for decades: The file won't play without QuickTime installed.

formats

MP4

Multimedia container format

  • MPEGAudiovisual compression protocol
  • AVIVideo container format
  • H.264Video compression standard

AAC · codec · container · wrapper · transcoding · encoding · decoding · compression · export · import

playback

player

Game participant

scrubbing · frame rate · looping · fast forward · rewind · pause · fullscreen · chapters · playlist · autoplay

Apple

macOS

Apple computer operating system

MacBook · iOS · iPhone · iPad · iPod · Apple TV · AirPlay · Cupertino · Steve Jobs · Tim Cook

legacy

VR

Simulated immersive environment

discontinued · PowerPC · 32-bit

streaming

buffering

Temporary data accumulation

broadcast · unicast · multicast · CDN · network

editing

trimming

Cutting away excess

exporting · copy · paste · selection · clip · sequence · save as · flatten · undo

Categories
Opposites
platform ecosystem

QuickTimeWindows Media Player

Built-in Microsoft playback program

RealPlayer · Adobe Flash · DirectX

media technology era

QuickTimeWebM

Open media container

MP4

Family

time, quick, quickly, times, timeless, timer, timely, timed, timing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Concrete · Rated G