AMC File Type
- The quick factsWhat are AMC files and how to open them
Are you having problems opening an AMC file or just wondering what they contain? We explain what these files are used for and show you software that we know can open or otherwise handle your files.
What is an AMC file?
AMC files have multiple uses, and Adaptive Modulation and Coding Video is one of them.
Adaptive Modulation and Coding Video File
The .amc file extension is most commonly used for Quicktime AMC media files. It is a multimedia format optimized for use in mobile networks.
How to open AMC files
We have identified one AMC opener that is compatible with this specific type of AMC file.
Programs that open Adaptive Modulation and Coding Video files
![]() | QuickTime | Verified |
Last updated: March 17, 2022
All known file formats using extension .AMC
While Adaptive Modulation and Coding Video File is a popular type of AMC-file, we know of 5 different uses of the .AMC extension. Different software may use files with the same extension for different types of data.
Acclaim Motion Capture data
Files with the AMC file extension may contain motion data captured by an optical tracker.
The format was developed by Acclaim, a game development company, which has been doing research into motion capture for games for years.
Acclaim developed their own methods for creating skeleton motion from optical tracker data, and in the process invented two related file formats: A skeleton file and a motion file. Splitting the data into two made it possible to use the same skeleton data for multiple motions. ASF files (Acclaim Skeleton File) hold the skeleton data, while the motion data is stored in AMC files.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 10 different AMC openers which you will find listed below.
Ant Movie Catalog Database
Ant Movie Catalog is a free program to manage your collection of movies on DVD, CD, BlueRay, and tapes. Antoine Potten started the project - take the three letters of his first name, and you have the explanation of the software's name.
AMC opener for Windows
We have identified one AMC opener that is compatible with this specific type of AMC file.
![]() | Ant Movie Catalog | Verified |
A.M. Composer Music File
A music format that was created in 1989 by Marc Hawliteck of Vesalia-Soft. It was used in the MS-DOS games Krymini and Magic-Jumper.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 10 different AMC openers which you will find listed below.
More file formats using the AMC extension
Through our research of AMC files, we know that the following formats exist. However, we have not yet analyzed them in detail, and we would love to hear from you if you have information about either of them.Anark Media Component
Various apps that use files with this extension
These apps are known to open certain types of AMC files. Remember, different programs may use AMC files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.
![]() | Final Media Player | User submitted |
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![]() | Storm Codec | User submitted |
![]() | QT Lite | User submitted |
![]() | GOM Player | User submitted |
![]() | Storm Codec Unicode | User submitted |
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![]() | AirMagnet Laptop | User submitted |
![]() | Microsoft Windows Media Player | User submitted |
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