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Supported QuickTime Audio

The table below lists the audio codecs supported in .mov files as audio-video files.

Important: Codecs marked with an asterisk ( * ) are not available in the Trial and Educational versions of the application. You can neither import nor export files encoded with these codecs.
Audio CODECImportExport
16-bit PCMyesyes
Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
24-bit PCMnoyes
Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
32-bit floating point PCMnoyes
Note: Export supports both big and small endian.
32-bit floatnoyes
A-law 2:1yesyes
ADPCM ima WAVyesno
Advanced Audio Codec (AAC)*yesyes
Note: Supported in mp4 and m4v files.

On export, the following data rates are supported:

  • 56 kbps (mono only)
  • 96 kbps
  • 160 kbps
  • 224 kbps
  • 288 kbps
  • 320 kbps (stereo only)
  • 448 kbps (stereo only)
  • 576 kbps (stereo only)
Apple losslessyesno
IMA 4:1yesyes
Linear PCM (QT 7)yesyes
MPEG-2 Layer II Audio*yesyes
MS ADPCMyesno
Ogg Vorbis (qt4l compatible)yesno
Ogg Vorbis (qtcomponents compatible)yesno
QDM2 Audioyesno
Raw 8-bit audioyesno
Sowtyesyes
Note: 16-bit PCM (Little Endian)
Twosyesyes
Note: 16-bit PCM (Big Endian)
Ulawyesyes

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