---
title: Frame count
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Data field
path: quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/frame_count
---

# Frame count

A 16-bit integer that indicates how many frames of compressed data are stored in each sample.

## Overview

Overview Usually set to 1.

## See Also

### Data fields

- [Sample description size](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/sample_description_size.md)
- [Data format](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/data_format.md)
- [Reserved](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/reserved.md)
- [Data reference index](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/data_reference_index.md)
- [Version](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/version.md)
- [Revision level](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/revision_level.md)
- [Vendor](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/vendor.md)
- [Temporal quality](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/temporal_quality.md)
- [Spatial quality](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/spatial_quality.md)
- [Width](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/width.md)
- [Height](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/height.md)
- [Horizontal resolution](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/horizontal_resolution.md)
- [Vertical resolution](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/vertical_resolution.md)
- [Data size](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/data_size.md)
- [Compressor name](quicktime-file-format/video_sample_description/compressor_name.md)