---
name: "Image::ExifTool::QuickTime"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::QuickTime"
---

# Image::ExifTool::QuickTime(3pm)

Read QuickTime and MP4 meta information

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

## DESCRIPTION

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

## 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

- \<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

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