# MOV output

Media Blocks SDK .Net

The MOV format is popular on Apple devices. Typically, AAC is used to encode the audio stream, and H264 or HEVC codecs are used to encode the video stream.

Use the MOVSinkSettings class to set the parameters.

# Block info

Name: MOVSinkBlock.

Pin direction	Media type	Pins count
Input audio	S32LE, S32BE, S24LE, S24BE	one or more
	S16LE, S16BE, S8, U8
	audio/mpeg
	audio/x-ac3
	audio/x-adpcm
	audio/x-alaw
	audio/x-mulaw
	audio/AMR
	audio/AMR-WB
	audio/x-alac
	audio/x-opus
Input video	RGB, UYVY, v210	one or more
	video/mpeg
	video/x-divx
	video/x-prores
	video/x-cineform
	video/x-h263
	video/x-h264
	video/x-h265
	video/x-svq
	video/x-dv
	image/jpeg
	image/png
	video/x-vp8
	video/x-vp9
	video/x-dirac
	video/x-av1
Input subtitle	text/utf8	one or more

# The sample pipeline

graph LR;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->H264EncoderBlock;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->AACEncoderBlock;
    H264EncoderBlock-->MOVSinkBlock;
    AACEncoderBlock-->MOVSinkBlock;

# Sample code

var pipeline = new MediaBlocksPipeline();

var filename = "test.mp4";
var fileSource = new UniversalSourceBlock(await UniversalSourceSettings.CreateAsync(new Uri(filename)));

var aacEncoderBlock = new AACEncoderBlock(new MFAACEncoderSettings() { Bitrate = 192 });
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.AudioOutput, aacEncoderBlock.Input);

var h264EncoderBlock = new H264EncoderBlock(new NVENCH264EncoderSettings());
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.VideoOutput, h264EncoderBlock.Input);

var movSinkBlock = new MOVSinkBlock(new MOVSinkSettings(@"output.mov"));
pipeline.Connect(h264EncoderBlock.Output, movSinkBlock.CreateNewInput(MediaBlockPadMediaType.Video));
pipeline.Connect(aacEncoderBlock.Output, movSinkBlock.CreateNewInput(MediaBlockPadMediaType.Audio));

await pipeline.StartAsync();

# Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.