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Track atom ('trak')

An atom that defines a single track of a movie.

Overview

Track atoms have an atom type value of 'trak'. The track atom requires a track header atom ('tkhd') and a media atom ('mdia'). Other child atoms are optional, and may include a track clipping atom ('clip'), a track matte atom ('matt'), an edit atom ('edts'), a track reference atom ('tref'), a track load settings atom ('load'), a track input map atom ('imap'), and a user data atom ('udta').

The layout of a track atom is as follows.

Data

Type

Size

4 bytes

Type

4 bytes

Track_profile_atom

'prfl'

Track_header_atom

'tkhd'

Track_aperture_mode_dimensions_atom

'tapt'

Clipping_atom

'clip'

Track_matte_atom

'matt'

Edit_atom

'edts'

Track_reference_atom

'tref'

Track_exclude_from_autoselection_atom

'txas'

Track_load_settings_atom

'load'

Track_input_map_atom

'imap'

Media_atom

'mdia'

User Defined_data_atom

'udta'

Topics

Data fields

See Also

Describing tracks