A move file is an ASCII file that stores the channel data (such as x translate, y translate, and z translate).
The .mov file is a matrix of numbers where rows represent frames and columns represent channels. There is one row for each frame in the .mov file and one column for each channel.
Each row must start on a new line and each column must be separated by spaces. The channel data is represented as doubles. This allows for roughly 16 significant digits.
The following is a sample format from a .mov file. It has four rows and six columns. This means that the sample shows the channel data for four frames and six channels.
1.000 0.000 0.900 36.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 0.000 2.000 36.000 0.000 8.000 0.000 9.500 16.000 8.000 0.000 0.000 9.450 0.000 0.000 50.000 3.500 8.000
You can read and write .mov files to import and export motion data. Remember, however, that the .mov file is simply columns of numbers without any header information. In order for data to be written out and read back into the same objects and channels, the list of channels must be identical in the File Import/Export option boxes or with the movIn/movOut commands.
