When creating a QuickTime movie, you add tracks that point to the media that you want to use. That media can be embedded in the movie itself, or reside on a separate server. Each track has a different function, and every movie that is creatd can have many different tracks. The following is a list of the different tracks that are available in QuickTime.

• Movie –Contains general information on the entire movie
• Video –Contains digitized video, 3D animation, image sequences and special effects.
• Audio –Contains any audio format
• Music –Includes MIDI music files
• Text –Features the titles, credits and other text in the movie
• Chapter –Divides the movie into chapters
• Sprite –Contains small images with programmable behaviors; can be used for effects, games and other uses
• 3D –Contains QuickDraw 3D metafile objects
• Flash –Incorporates Flash animation
• QuickTime VR object –Contains VR information for object movies
• QuickTime VP panorama –Contains VR information for panorama movies
• HREF –Contains interactive and URL links
• Streaming –Refers to live streams or a movie on a streaming server
• Hint –Information that allows a streaming server to deliver a media track as a real-time stream.