Talk:QuickTime File Format

Filename extensions

This doesn't say anything about the filename extension .MOV Why is that? AboundingHinata (talk) 20:00, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does. The infobox says "Filename extension: .mov, .qt".—J. M. (talk) 01:05, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't explain anything about it. What does? AboundingHinata (talk) 14:17, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly should it explain? It says the filename extensions associated with this format are .mov and .qt. I don't think there's anything else to add.—J. M. (talk) 03:51, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have a camera that records to .MOV, and I was interested on what .MOV is. So I went to here, and nonetheless it got redirected to here. OK? AboundingHinata (talk) 15:07, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

.mov is a filename extension. It is written in the infobox. The infobox says it is a filename extension, and it also links to the filename extension article that explains what a filename extension is. So everything is explained there.

Generally, Wikipedia does not have articles about filename extensions, because a filename extension is nothing more than a couple of characters, an optional part of a file name. An article called ".mov" could only say: ".mov is a series of characters 'm', 'o' and 'v' following a dot. It is a filename extension typically associated with the QuickTime File Format." Articles like this would be absurd. That's why we have articles about formats, not about filename extensions. For example, .mkv is a redirect to Matroska, because .mkv is just a filename extension associated with the Matroska format, .cdr is a redirect to CorelDRAW, because .cdr is just a filename extension used by the CorelDRAW program, and so on.—J. M. (talk) 15:49, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]