QuickTime Tags

These tags are used in QuickTime MOV and MP4 videos, and QTIF images. Tags with a question mark after their name are not extracted unless the Unknown option is set.

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'PICT' PreviewPICT N   'free' Free? N   'ftyp' FrameType? N (MP4 only) 'mdat' Mdat? N   'moov' Movie - --> QuickTime Movie Tags 'pnot' Preview - --> QuickTime Preview Tags 'skip' Skip? N   'wide' Wide? N

QuickTime Movie Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'mvhd' MovieHeader - --> QuickTime MovieHdr Tags 'trak' Track - --> QuickTime Track Tags 'udta' UserData - --> QuickTime UserData Tags

QuickTime MovieHdr Tags

Index Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0 Version N   1 CreateDate N   2 ModifyDate N   3 TimeScale N   4 Duration N   5 PreferredRate N   6 PreferredVolume N   18 PreviewTime N   19 PreviewDuration N   20 PosterTime N   21 SelectionTime N   22 SelectionDuration N   23 CurrentTime N   24 NextTrackID N

QuickTime Track Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'mdia' Media - --> QuickTime Media Tags 'tkhd' TrackHeader - --> QuickTime TrackHdr Tags 'udta' UserData - --> QuickTime UserData Tags

QuickTime Media Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'minf' Minf - --> QuickTime Minf Tags

QuickTime Minf Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'dinf' Dinf - --> QuickTime Dinf Tags 'stbl' Stbl - --> QuickTime Stbl Tags

QuickTime Dinf Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes [no tags known]

QuickTime Stbl Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes [no tags known]

QuickTime TrackHdr Tags

Index Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0 TrackVersion N   1 TrackCreateDate N   2 TrackModifyDate N   3 TrackID N   5 TrackDuration N   8 TrackLayer N   9 TrackVolume N   19 ImageWidth N   20 ImageHeight N

QuickTime UserData Tags

Tag ID's beginning with the copyright symbol (hex 0xa9) are multi-language text, but ExifTool only extracts the text from the first language in the record. ExifTool will extract any multi-language user data tags found, even if they don't exist in this table.

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'AllF' PlayAllFrames N   'LOOP' LoopStyle N 1 = Normal 2 = Palindromic 'SelO' PlaySelection N   'TAGS' PentaxTags NikonTags SanyoMOV SanyoMP4 UnknownTags? - - - - N --> Pentax MOV Tags --> Nikon MOV Tags --> Sanyo MOV Tags --> Sanyo MP4 Tags 'WLOC' WindowLocation N   'meta' Meta - --> QuickTime Meta Tags 'name' Name N   'ptv ' PrintToVideo - --> QuickTime Video Tags "\xa9cpy" Copyright N   "\xa9day" CreateDate N   "\xa9dir" Director N   "\xa9ed1" Edit1 N   "\xa9ed2" Edit2 N   "\xa9ed3" Edit3 N   "\xa9ed4" Edit4 N   "\xa9ed5" Edit5 N   "\xa9ed6" Edit6 N   "\xa9ed7" Edit7 N   "\xa9ed8" Edit8 N   "\xa9ed9" Edit9 N   "\xa9fmt" Format N   "\xa9inf" Information N   "\xa9prd" Producer N   "\xa9prf" Performers N   "\xa9req" Requirements N   "\xa9src" Source N   "\xa9wrt" Writer N

QuickTime Meta Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'ilst' InfoList - --> QuickTime InfoList Tags

QuickTime InfoList Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes '----' iTunesInfo - --> QuickTime iTunesInfo Tags 'aART' AlbumArtist N   'apid' AppleStoreID N   'auth' Author N   'covr' CoverArt N   'cpil' Compilation N 0 = No 1 = Yes 'cprt' Copyright N   'disk' DiskNumber N   'dscp' Description N   'gnre' Genre N   'perf' Performer N   'pgap' PlayGap N 0 = Insert Gap 1 = No Gap 'rtng' Rating N   'titl' Title N   'tmpo' BeatsPerMinute N   'trkn' TrackNumber N   "\xa9ART" Artist N   "\xa9alb" Album N   "\xa9cmt" Comment N   "\xa9com" Composer N   "\xa9day" Year N   "\xa9des" Description N   "\xa9gen" Genre N   "\xa9grp" Grouping N   "\xa9lyr" Lyrics N   "\xa9nam" Title N   "\xa9too" Encoder N   "\xa9trk" Track N   "\xa9wrt" Composer N

QuickTime iTunesInfo Tags

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes [no tags known]

QuickTime Video Tags

Index Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0 DisplaySize N 0 = Normal 1 = Double Size 2 = Half Size 3 = Full Screen 4 = Current Size 6 SlideShow N 0 = No 1 = Yes

QuickTime Preview Tags

Index Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 0 PreviewDate N   2 PreviewVersion N   3 PreviewAtomType N   5 PreviewAtomIndex N

QuickTime ImageFile Tags

Tags used in QTIF QuickTime Image Files.

Tag ID Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 'idat' ImageData N   'idsc' ImageDescription - --> QuickTime ImageDesc Tags 'iicc' ICC_Profile - --> ICC_Profile Tags

QuickTime ImageDesc Tags

Index Tag Name Writable Values / Notes 4 CompressorID N   20 VendorID N   28 Quality N   32 ImageWidth N   34 ImageHeight N   36 XResolution N   40 YResolution N   48 FrameCount N   50 NameLength N   51 Compressor N   82 BitDepth N

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