<p>Apple is dropping support for the player, so no new releases, but the format remains and can be decoded by recent versions of CC without needing Quicktime to be installed. See</p>

<p><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/quicktime-on-windows/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/quicktime-on-windows/</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Adobe has worked extensively on removing dependencies on QuickTime in
  its professional video, audio and digital imaging applications and
  native decoding of many .mov formats is available today (including
  uncompressed, DV, IMX, MPEG2, XDCAM, h264, JPEG, DNxHD, DNxHR, AVCI
  and Cineform). Native export support is also possible for DV and
  Cineform in .mov wrappers.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/apple-quicktime-on-windows-update/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/apple-quicktime-on-windows-update/</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Today we’re pleased to announce that Adobe has been able to accelerate
  work that was already in progress to support native reading of ProRes.
  This new capability is fully licensed and certified by Apple, and
  barring any unforeseen issues during pre-release, these fixes will be
  included into an update to the relevant products in Creative Cloud
  shortly.</p>
</blockquote>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-07-01T21:54:51.433Z
You may want to clarify the difference between the [QuickTime File Format](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/QuickTime/QTFF/QTFFPreface/qtffPreface.html) (the container) and the [QuickTime Player](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime) since this is bound to be a FAQ in the near future.
Michael Liebman
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-06-28T13:22:31.530Z
2016-06-28T13:22:31.530Z
Gyan
<p>My company is stripping away QuickTime enterprise-wide, due to Apple dropping support for the format.  I use After Effects and Premiere, and others in my group are on Avid Workstations.  Occasionally when I create a video, I'm handed .mov files exported from Avid Media Composer and Sorensen Squeeze to work with in Adobe software, usually as QuickTime uncompressed.  Now that we are unable to work with QuickTime, going forward, what's the best codec alternative to import clean footage to work with?</p>

<codec><quicktime><avid>
best alternative to QuickTime .mov
itsmikem
# best alternative to QuickTime .mov

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-28)

My company is stripping away QuickTime enterprise-wide, due to Apple dropping support for the format. I use After Effects and Premiere, and others in my group are on Avid Workstations. Occasionally when I create a video, I'm handed .mov files exported from Avid Media Composer and Sorensen Squeeze to work with in Adobe software, usually as QuickTime uncompressed. Now that we are unable to work with QuickTime, going forward, what's the best codec alternative to import clean footage to work with?

**Tags:** codec, quicktime, avid


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-28. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Apple is dropping support for the player, so no new releases, but the format remains and can be decoded by recent versions of CC without needing Quicktime to be installed. See

<http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/quicktime-on-windows/>

> Adobe has worked extensively on removing dependencies on QuickTime in
> its professional video, audio and digital imaging applications and
> native decoding of many .mov formats is available today (including
> uncompressed, DV, IMX, MPEG2, XDCAM, h264, JPEG, DNxHD, DNxHR, AVCI
> and Cineform). Native export support is also possible for DV and
> Cineform in .mov wrappers.

<http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/apple-quicktime-on-windows-update/>

> Today we’re pleased to announce that Adobe has been able to accelerate
> work that was already in progress to support native reading of ProRes.
> This new capability is fully licensed and certified by Apple, and
> barring any unforeseen issues during pre-release, these fixes will be
> included into an update to the relevant products in Creative Cloud
> shortly.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: You may want to clarify the difference between the [QuickTime File Format](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/QuickTime/QTFF/QTFFPreface/qtffPreface.html) (the container) and the [QuickTime Player](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime) since this is bound to be a FAQ in the near future.  

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