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title: Sound media
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: collectionGroup
path: quicktime-file-format/sound_media
---

# Sound media

Store compressed and uncompressed audio data in QuickTime movies.

## Overview

Overview Sound media is used to store compressed and uncompressed audio data in QuickTime movies. It has a media type of 'soun'. This section describes the sound sample description and the storage format of sound files using various data formats.

## Topics

### Storing audio data

- [Sound sample descriptions](quicktime-file-format/sound_sample_descriptions.md)
- [Sound sample description extensions](quicktime-file-format/sound_sample_description_extensions.md)
- [Sound sample data](quicktime-file-format/sound_sample_data.md)
- [Audio priming-handling encoder delay in AAC](quicktime-file-format/appendix_g_audio_priming_handling_encoder_delay_in_aac.md)

## See Also

### Video and sound

- [Video media](quicktime-file-format/video_media.md)
- [Music media](quicktime-file-format/music_media.md)
- [MPEG-1 media](quicktime-file-format/mpeg-1_media.md)
- [Movie media](quicktime-file-format/movie_media.md)
- [Defining media data layouts](quicktime-file-format/appendix_b_defining_media_data_layouts.md)