Besides playing MP3 content, QuickTime supports Timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. QuickTime also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, QuickTime supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. QuickTime also features built-in support for digital video, including MiniDV, DVCPro and DVCam camcorder formats, as well as support for AVI, AVR, MPEG-1 and OpenDML.
Import file formats

3DMF

AIFF

AU

Audio CD Data (Macintosh)

AVI

BMP

DV

FlashPix*

GIF

JPEG/JFIF

Karaoke

MacPaint

Macromedia Flash

MIDI

MPEG 1

MPEG 1, Layer 3(MP3)

Photoshop*

PICS

PICT

Pictures

PNG

QuickTime Image File

QuickTime Movie

SGI

Sound

Targa

Text

TIFF*

Virtual Reality (VR)

Wave


Export formats

AIFF

AU

AVI

BMP

DV Stream

FLC

Image Sequence movie exporters

JPEG/JFIF

MacPaint

MIDI

Photoshop

PICT

Picture

PNG

QuickTime Image

QuickTime Movie

SGI

System 7 Sound

Targa

Text

TIFF

WAV

Video compressors

H.261

H.263

Animation

Apple BMP

Apple Video

Cinepak

Component video

DV NTSC and PAL

Graphics

Intel Indeo Video 3.2 and 4.4

Microsoft RLE

Microsoft Video 1

Motion JPEG A and B

Photo JPEG

Planar RGB

Sorenson Video 1 and 2


Video effects

Alpha gain

Blur

Color balance

Color style

Color tint

Edge detection

Emboss

Film noise

General convolution

Lens flare

HSL balance

RGB balance

Sharpen

Zoom


Sound compressors

24-bit integer

32-bit floating point

32-bit integer

64-bit floating point

ALaw 2:1

AU

IMA 4:1

MACE 3:1

MACE 6:1

MS ADPCM

QDesign Music 1 and 2

Qualcomm PureVoice


Web Browsers

Supported browsers (Macintosh and Windows)

America Online 3 or later

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x or later

Netscape Navigator 3.x or later


* QuickTime 4 also supports import of multiple images and layers in TIFF, FlashPix, and Photoshop files.

 


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6 September 1999