The table below lists the audio codecs supported in .mov files, as audio-video and audio-only files.
| Audio CODEC | Import | Export |
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| 16-bit PCM | yes | yes |
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Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
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| 24-bit PCM | no | yes |
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Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
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| 32-bit floating point PCM | no | yes |
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Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
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| 32-bit float | no | yes |
| A-law 2:1 | yes | yes |
| ADPCM ima WAV | yes | no |
| Apple lossless | yes | no |
| IMA 4:1 | yes | yes |
| Linear PCM (QT 7) | yes | yes |
| MPEG-2 Layer 2 Audio | yes | yes |
| MS ADPCM | yes | no |
| Ogg Vorbis (qt4l compatible) | yes | no |
| Ogg Vorbis (qtcomponents compatible) | yes | no |
| QDM2 Audio | yes | no |
| Raw 8-bit audio | yes | no |
| Sowt | yes | yes |
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Note: 16-bit PCM (Little Endian)
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| Twos | yes | yes |
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Note: 16-bit PCM (Big Endian)
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| Ulaw | yes | yes |