diff --git a/hdlr.go b/hdlr.go
index a9ec6da..4a20eb6 100644
--- a/hdlr.go
+++ b/hdlr.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package mp4
 
+import "io"
+
 func BoxTypeHdlr() BoxType { return StrToBoxType("hdlr") }
 
 func init() {
@@ -19,3 +21,30 @@ type Hdlr struct {
 func (*Hdlr) GetType() BoxType {
 	return BoxTypeHdlr()
 }
+
+const (
+	hdlrSizeWithoutName = 24 // FullBox header(4bytes) + PreDefined(4bytes) + HandlerType(4bytes) + Reserved(12bytes)
+)
+
+// handle a special case: the QuickTime files have a pascal
+// string here, but ISO MP4 files have a C string.
+// we try to detect a pascal encoding and correct it.
+func (hdlr *Hdlr) unmarshalHandlerName(u *unmarshaller) error {
+	nameSize := u.size - hdlrSizeWithoutName
+	if nameSize <= 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := u.reader.Seek(-int64(nameSize), io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	u.rbytes = hdlrSizeWithoutName
+	nameb := make([]byte, nameSize)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(u.reader, nameb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	u.rbytes += nameSize
+	if nameb[0] != 0x00 && nameb[0] == byte(nameSize-1) {
+		hdlr.Name = string(nameb[1:])
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/hdlr_test.go b/hdlr_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae43117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdlr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package mp4
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestHdlrUnmarshalHandlerName(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		bytes []byte
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{name: "NormalString", bytes: []byte("abema"), want: "abema"},
+		{name: "EmptyString", bytes: nil, want: ""},
+		{name: "AppleQuickTimePascalString", bytes: []byte{5, 'a', 'b', 'e', 'm', 'a'}, want: "abema"},
+		{name: "AppleQuickTimePascalStringWithEmpty", bytes: []byte{0x00, 0x00}, want: ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			bin := []byte{
+				0,                // version
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // flags
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // predefined
+				'v', 'i', 'd', 'e', // handler type
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // reserved
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // reserved
+				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // reserved
+			}
+			bin = append(bin, tc.bytes...)
+
+			// unmarshal
+			dst := Hdlr{}
+			r := bytes.NewReader(bin)
+			n, err := Unmarshal(r, uint64(len(bin)), &dst)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, uint64(len(bin)), n)
+			assert.Equal(t, [4]byte{'v', 'i', 'd', 'e'}, dst.HandlerType)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, dst.Name)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/marshaller.go b/marshaller.go
index 139dae0..d07a934 100644
--- a/marshaller.go
+++ b/marshaller.go
@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ func Unmarshal(r io.ReadSeeker, payloadSize uint64, dst IBox) (n uint64, err err
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("overrun error: type=%s, size=%d, readBytes=%d, width=%d", dst.GetType().String(), u.size, u.rbytes, u.width)
 	}
 
+	// for Apple Quick Time (hdlr handlerName)
+	if dst.GetType() == BoxTypeHdlr() {
+		hdlr := dst.(*Hdlr)
+		if err := hdlr.unmarshalHandlerName(u); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// for Apple Quick Time
 	if dst.GetType() == BoxTypeMeta() && (dst.GetVersion() != 0 || dst.GetFlags() != 0) {
 		if _, err := r.Seek(-4, io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {