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Details for: Quicktime

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Signatures
External signatures File extension: mov
File extension: qtm
Internal signatures
Name QuickTime variant1
Description Offset 4: moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant2
Description Offset 4: mdat*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra) Variants 2-8 cover the following pattern, which would be desirable to consolidate but is currently not possible due to limitations of the PRONOM signature engine: (mdat|cmov|ftypqt |pnot|skip|free|wide)*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra) (6D646174|636D6F76|6674797071742020|706E6F74|736B6970|66726565|77696465)*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 6D646174*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant3
Description Offset 4: cmov*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 636D6F76*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant4
Description Offset 4: 'ftypqt ' only - assumption is that format is QuickTime if FTYP define as 'qt ' therefore no need to seek additional MOOV atom.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 6674797071742020
Name QuickTime variant5
Description Offset 4: pnot*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 706E6F74*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant6
Description Offset 4: skip*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 736B6970*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant7
Description Offset 4: free*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 66726565*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
Name QuickTime variant8
Description Offset 4: wide*moov{0-4096}(mvhd|cmov|rmra)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 4
Maximum Offset 4
Byte order  
Value 77696465*6D6F6F76{0-4096}(6D766864|636D6F76|726D7261)
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