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title: Sprite track properties
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# Sprite track properties

Define properties that apply to an entire sprite track.

## Overview

Overview important: Sprite media is deprecated in the QuickTime file format. The information that follows documents existing content containing sprite media and should not be used for new development. In addition to defining properties for individual sprites, you can also define properties that apply to an entire sprite track. These properties may override default behavior or provide hints to the sprite media handler. The following sprite track properties are supported: To specify sprite track properties, you create a single QT atom container and add a leaf atom for each property you want to specify. To add the properties to a sprite track, you call the media handler function SetMediaPropertyAtom. To retrieve a sprite track’s properties, you call the media handler function GetMediaPropertyAtom. The sprite track properties and their corresponding data types are listed in the following table.  |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |  note: When pasting portions of two different tracks together, the Movie Toolbox checks to see that all sprite track properties match. If, in fact, they do match, the paste results in a single sprite track instead of two.

## See Also

### Media data atom types

- [Sprite media](quicktime-file-format/sprite_media.md)
- [Sprite track media format](quicktime-file-format/sprite_track_media_format.md)
- [Sprite media atom and data types](quicktime-file-format/sprite_media_atom_and_data_types.md)
- [Sprite button behaviors](quicktime-file-format/sprite_button_behaviors.md)
- [QT atom container description key](quicktime-file-format/qt_atom_container_description_key.md)
- [Sprite media handler track properties QT atom container format](quicktime-file-format/sprite_media_handler_track_properties_qt_atom_container_format.md)
- [Sprite media handler sample QT atom container formats](quicktime-file-format/sprite_media_handler_sample_qt_atom_container_formats.md)
- [Wired action grammar](quicktime-file-format/wired_action_grammar.md)
- [Tween media](quicktime-file-format/tween_media.md)
- [3D media](quicktime-file-format/3d_media.md)
- [VR media](quicktime-file-format/vr_media.md)
- [Node parent atom](quicktime-file-format/node_parent_atom.md)
- [Node location atom structure ('nloc')](quicktime-file-format/node_location_atom_structure.md)
- [Custom cursor atom](quicktime-file-format/custom_cursor_atom.md)
- [Node information atom container](quicktime-file-format/node_information_atom_container.md)