Sample MOV Files — Download QuickTime Test Videos
Apple QuickTime Movie · .mov · MIME type video/quicktime
Download a sample MOV file — the QuickTime container that iPhones, Macs and most cameras record to. Our files use H.264 video and AAC audio, so they play in any browser and let you test the container handling separately from codec support.
MOV is the ancestor of MP4 and structurally almost identical, but the extension alone makes some upload validators reject it and some players refuse to stream it. Real-world MOV files can also contain ProRes or HEVC, so your transcoder should never assume the codec from the extension.
Download sample MOV files
| File | Details | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
sample-video-480x270-1mb.mov | 480 × 270 · 10 s · 30 fps · H264 · AAC audio · 765 kbps | 957 KB | |
sample-video-1280x720-2mb.mov | 1280 × 720 · 10 s · 30 fps · H264 · AAC audio · 1487 kbps | 1.9 MB | |
sample-video-1920x1080-2mb.mov | 1920 × 1080 · 10 s · 30 fps · H264 · AAC audio · 1513 kbps | 1.9 MB |
Use these files from the command line or CI
Every URL is stable and CORS-open. Pin the SHA-256 in your test and you will know the moment a fixture changes.
# Download one file curl -O https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/videos/mov/sample-video-480x270-1mb.mov # Verify it (SHA-256 is listed for every file above) shasum -a 256 sample-video-480x270-1mb.mov # Machine-readable index of every sample file curl https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/index.json | jq '.files[] | select(.format=="mov")'
MOV format at a glance
| Full name | Apple QuickTime Movie |
|---|---|
| Extensions | .mov |
| MIME type | video/quicktime |
| Introduced | Apple QuickTime, 1991 |
| Codecs here | H.264 High profile + AAC |
| Streaming | faststart (metadata at file head) |
| Magic bytes | … 66 74 79 70 71 74 20 20 ("ftypqt ") at offset 4 |
What people test with sample MOV files
- iPhone and Mac screen-recording uploads
- MOV → MP4 remux (no re-encode needed for H.264/AAC)
- MIME-type detection (video/quicktime)
Frequently asked questions
Can I just rename a .mov file to .mp4?
Often it will play, because the structures are so close, but it is not correct and some players check the ftyp brand. Remuxing with ffmpeg (-c copy) takes a second, needs no re-encoding, and produces a proper MP4.
Are these MOV files safe to download?
Yes. Every file is generated by our own open script from scratch — nothing is scraped or user-uploaded — and contains no scripts, macros or executables. The SHA-256 of each file is published on this page so you can verify what you received.
Can I use the sample MOV files commercially?
Yes. They are free for any purpose, including commercial products, test suites, demos and redistribution, with no attribution required. There is nothing to license and no one to ask.
Can I hotlink these files or use them in CI?
Yes. Every link is a stable direct URL over HTTPS with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * and long cache headers, so curl, wget, fetch() and test runners can pull them directly. A JSON index of every file is linked from each page (see the command-line section).
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