---
title: Value atom
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Atom
path: quicktime-file-format/value_atom
---

# Value atom

An atom that expresses a metadata value.

## Overview

Overview The value of the metadata item is expressed as immediate data in a value atom. The value atom starts with two fields: a type indicator, and a locale indicator. Both the type and locale indicators are four bytes long. There may be multiple ‘value’ entries, using different type, country or language codes (see Data ordering for the required ordering).

## Topics

### Data fields

- [Type indicator](quicktime-file-format/value_atom/type_indicator.md)
- [Locale indicator](quicktime-file-format/value_atom/locale_indicator.md)

## See Also

### Atoms

- [Country list atom ('ctry')](quicktime-file-format/country_list_atom.md)
- [Language list atom ('lang')](quicktime-file-format/language_list_atom.md)
- [Metadata item keys atom ('keys')](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_keys_atom.md)
- [Metadata item list atom ('ilst')](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_list_atom.md)
- [Metadata item atom](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_atom.md)
- [Item information atom ('itif')](quicktime-file-format/item_information_atom.md)
- [Name atom ('name')](quicktime-file-format/name_atom.md)
- [Data atom ('data')](quicktime-file-format/data_atom.md)