MOV Player Apps and Alternatives

The MOV format is a proprietary Apple multimedia container which features one or several tracks, each of them featuring video, audio, or subtitle texts. Each of the contained tracks may also contain digitally-encoded media streams or a reference to the media from any other file.

MOVs are particularly suited for video editing, because they feature the ability to import and edit in place, without having to copy any data.

QuickTime is the recommended player for MOV files, but they can also be opened and viewed using any multimedia player that features appropriate codecs.

As a side note, all MOV-compatible apps will also allow their users to build playlists with their files.