Types of Files QuickTime Supports
You can open (import) dozens of types of media with QuickTime. Some of the formats
you can open in QuickTime include the following:
 Video formats: MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
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MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, JPEG, DV,
Motion JPEG, AVI, MQV, H.264
 Audio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, CAF, MOV, MP3, MPEG-4, AU, WAV, iTunes audio
 Still-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, JPEG 2000, PDF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG,
Photoshop (including layers), SGI, Targa, FlashPix (including layers), TIFF (including
layers)
 Animation formats: Animated GIF, FLC, Flash, PICS
 Other formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File,
QuickTime VR, Text
For a complete list of supported formats, see the Products area of the QuickTime
website.
To determine if QuickTime Player can open a file, choose File > Open File and select the
file you want to open. You will be able to select only files that can be imported.
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MPEG-2 playback is available via the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, sold separately at the Apple Store
online. Because some file formats can contain many different kinds of audio and video, QuickTime may not be able
to play all audio and video formats within a particular file format.
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Preface
Welcome to QuickTime