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What is a MOOV file? Movie file used for saving compressed movies in a common multimedia format; contains compressed audio and video data; format developed by Apple, but now recognized as cross-platform .

More Information MOOV files are more commonly seen with a .MOV extension. ".moov" was originally used as the default Macintosh extension, and ".mov" was used for Windows QuickTime (which is now discontinued). However, ".mov" later became the accepted extension for both platforms.

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What is a MOOV file?

Movie file used for saving compressed movies in a common multimedia format; contains compressed audio and video data; format developed by Apple, but now recognized as cross-platform .

More Information

MOOV files are more commonly seen with a .MOV extension. ".moov" was originally used as the default Macintosh extension, and ".mov" was used for Windows QuickTime (which is now discontinued). However, ".mov" later became the accepted extension for both platforms.

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Roxio Creator NXT Pro 9

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Apple QuickTime Player

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Roxio Toast 20

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Roxio Popcorn

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PentaLoop PlayerXtreme Media Player

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Category: Video Files

Updated: July 17, 2015

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What is a MOOV file?
Movie file used for saving compressed movies in a common multimedia format; contains compressed audio and video data; format developed by Apple, but now recognized as cross-platform.