View source for MTV Video (.AMV)

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'''MTV Video (.AMV)''' is one of a pair of related video file formats that go by a virtually identical set of names. The formats are associated with some Chinese portable video/music players. This article covers the one whose file extension is usually '''.AMV''', and which begins with a "RIFF" signature. For the other one, see [[MTV Movie (.MTV)]].

== Format details ==
.AMV is kind of like a cheap knock-off of [[AVI]]. It looks like it uses [[RIFF]], but it is not valid RIFF.

== Identification ==
.AMV files start with ASCII "{{magic|RIFF}}", have "{{magic|AMV&nbsp;}}" at offset 8, and (usually?) bytes {{magic|00 00 00 00}} at offset 4.

== Software ==
* [[FFmpeg]] (Classifies the format as [[AVI]].)

== Sample files ==
* https://samples.ffmpeg.org/amv/
* {{DexvertSamples|video/mtvVideo}}

== Links ==
* [https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/AMV MultimediaWiki article]
* [[Wikipedia: AMV video format]] - Apparently covers both formats.

[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]