Image::ExifTool::QuickTime(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::QuickTime(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::QuickTime - Read QuickTime and MP4 meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to extract information from QuickTime and MP4 video, M4A audio, and HEIC image files.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/QuickTime/QTFF/QTFFChap1/qtff1.html>

<http://search.cpan.org/dist/MP4-Info-1.04/>

<http://www.geocities.com/xhelmboyx/quicktime/formats/mp4-layout.txt>

<http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Apple\_QuickTime>

<http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/mpeg-4files.html>

<http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=QuickTime\_container>

<http://code.google.com/p/mp4v2/wiki/iTunesMetadata>

<http://www.canieti.com.mx/assets/files/1011/IEC\_100\_1384\_DC.pdf>

<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flv/pdf/video\_file\_format\_spec\_v10.pdf>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"QuickTime Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::QuickTime(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool