Digital audio file formats

Supported by

Movie import component

Macintosh file type

'Mp3 ', 'SwaT', 'MPEG', 'PLAY', 'MPG3', 'MP3 '

File name extensions

.mp3, .swa

Metadata handling

Metadata from ID3v1-style MP3 files is imported into the QuickTime movie.Title maps to kUserDataTextFullName, artist maps to '©ART', album maps to '©alb', year maps to '©day', comment maps to '©cmt', and track number maps to '©des'.

Software required

QuickTime 4

Supported by

Movie import component

Macintosh file type

'WAVE', '.WAV'

File name extensions

.wav

Metadata handling

All Microsoft-defined “tombstone” data is transferred to the imported movie’s user data. Metadata fields that have QuickTime equivalents are mapped as follows: 'ICOP' maps to kUserDataTextCopyright, 'ISBJ' maps to kUserDataTextInformation, 'INAM' maps to kUserDataTextFullName, 'ICRD' maps to '©day', 'IMED' maps to '©fmt', 'ISRC' maps to '©src'. Where no QuickTime equivalent exists, the metadata item’s four-character code is modified by replacing the initial I with the symbol ©. All other characters remain unchanged.

Software required

QuickTime 2.5 or later