VideoBinary

`video/quicktime`

QuickTime

Reference for video/quicktime, Apple's QuickTime movie format used in macOS and professional video production.

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Expected extensions: .mov, .qt

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: video/quicktime

Associated File Extensions

.mov.qt

Quick Facts

MIME Type	video/quicktime
Category	Video
Type	Binary
Extensions	.mov, .qt

Common Usage

QuickTime MOV is Apple's multimedia container format, widely used in professional video production. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and other NLEs use MOV as a working format.

iPhone video recordings use MOV by default. It supports ProRes, H.264, H.265, and other codecs.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.mov" type="video/quicktime">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="video/quicktime" src="file.mov"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('video/quicktime');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'video/quicktime' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    video/quicktime  mov qt;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type video/quicktime;
}