How can I add "mov" to my file output settings?

[Omani Frei]

Hi, I would like to export my animation as a mov file with transparent background. Unfortunately I have no "mov" option in my output settings yet. I read that you should install a 32 bit Version of QuickTime Player, but I have no Idea how exactly this should work. Maybe someone can explain the QuickTime method more detailed to me or maybe has another/better tipp. 

I have a MacOS (Catalina version 10.15.6) and the latest OpenToonz Version (1.5). 
Thanks in advance!

[Jan Kossick]

Doing a little research on the net about Quicktime Player 7 (the 32bit version) and macOS Catalina, it comes out, the Catalina stopped supporting 32bit apps. I think, that's why there is no mov format in the output settings of OpenToonz in macOS Catalina.

source: https://nofilmschool.com/2019/10/macos-catalina-and-filmmaker

On Github is a bug report for this too, but it points more in a development direction, that's not tested.

source: https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/pull/2544#issuecomment-469163503

But, this said, I think there are other possibilities for rendering an alpha channel video:

• Some sources mention, that the old avi format supports transparent backgrounds with an RGBA option set in the codec.
  • source: https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/29183/video-formats-with-alpha-channel
• Concerning macOS, there is a new codec called HEVC (a successor of H264) and Catalina supports that natively.
  • Check the output settings if with AVI, MP4, WEBM or something else you can set HEVC as a codec.
  • The source for this suggestion is the following post. Maybe it help's to figure out alternative ways of encoding: https://kitcross.net/hevc-web-video-alpha-channel/
• In this thread are described some more solution approaches, for some further research: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/2050/any-video-formats-that-render-with-alpha-channel

As a final remark: If you find a HEVC or RGBA codec, don't forget, to make the background of your animation transparent, as described here: https://opentoonz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rendering_the_animation.html#rendering-animations-with-alpha-channel-information

»In this case no image has to be used as background, and the output file format has to support alpha channel information, e.g. TIF at 32 or 64 bits per pixel, TGA at 32 bits per pixel, or MOV with codecs supporting alpha (i.e. Animation).

To render animation with alpha channel information:

1. Choose Xsheet → Scene Settings….
2. Set the alpha channel of the Camera BG Color to 0 (i.e. transparent).
3. Choose an output file format supporting alpha channel information.«