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 IDTag Name WritableValues / 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 IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'mvhd' MovieHeader - --> QuickTime MovieHdr Tags
'trak' Track - --> QuickTime Track Tags
'udta' UserData - --> QuickTime UserData Tags

QuickTime MovieHdr Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / 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 IDTag Name WritableValues / 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 IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'minf' Minf - --> QuickTime Minf Tags

QuickTime Minf Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).
Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'stbl' Stbl - --> QuickTime Stbl Tags

QuickTime Stbl Tags

MP4 only (most tags unknown because ISO charges for the specification).
Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
[no tags known]

QuickTime TrackHdr Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / 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 IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'AllF' PlayAllFrames N  
'LOOP' LoopStyle N 1 = Normal
2 = Palindromic
'SelO' PlaySelection N  
'TAGS' PentaxTags
NikonTags
UnknownTags?
-
-
N
--> Pentax MOV Tags
--> Nikon MOV Tags
'WLOC' WindowLocation N  
'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 Video Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / 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

IndexTag Name WritableValues / Notes
0 PreviewDate N  
2 PreviewVersion N  
3 PreviewAtomType N  
5 PreviewAtomIndex N  

QuickTime ImageFile Tags

Tags used in QTIF QuickTime Image Files.
Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'idat' ImageData N  
'idsc' ImageDescription - --> QuickTime ImageDesc Tags
'iicc' ICC_Profile - --> ICC_Profile Tags

QuickTime ImageDesc Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / 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  

<-- ExifTool Tag Names


(This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup)
Last revised May 24, 2006