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'''WMV''' (Windows Media Video) is a video format developed by Microsoft and used in a number of proprietary codecs (with several different versions of the format released), but eventually released as an open standard (known as [[VC-1]]) for interoperability with other vendors. When stored as a computer file, it is usually contained within the [[ASF]] container format, and given a file extension of .wmv. The WMV format (in its VC-1 variety) is also used as one of the video formats contained on [[Blu-ray Disc]]s.
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'''WMV''' (Windows Media Video) is a series of closely-related (so much that they can be described as versions of the same codec) proprietary video codecs designed by [[Microsoft]], with one version eventually released as an open standard (known as [[VC-1]]) for interoperability with other vendors. When stored as a computer file, it is usually contained within the [[ASF]] container format, and given a file extension of .wmv. VC-1 is also used as one of the video formats contained on [[Blu-ray Disc]]s.
  
 
WMV does not inherently contain [[Digital Rights Management]] (DRM), but the ASF container format was designed with the possibility of DRM in mind, so some of these files are so encumbered.
 
WMV does not inherently contain [[Digital Rights Management]] (DRM), but the ASF container format was designed with the possibility of DRM in mind, so some of these files are so encumbered.

Revision as of 02:56, 14 June 2019

File Format
Name WMV
Ontology
Extension(s) .wmv
MIME Type(s) video/x-ms-wmv
PRONOM fmt/133
UTI com.microsoft.windows-media-wmv

WMV (Windows Media Video) is a series of closely-related (so much that they can be described as versions of the same codec) proprietary video codecs designed by Microsoft, with one version eventually released as an open standard (known as VC-1) for interoperability with other vendors. When stored as a computer file, it is usually contained within the ASF container format, and given a file extension of .wmv. VC-1 is also used as one of the video formats contained on Blu-ray Discs.

WMV does not inherently contain Digital Rights Management (DRM), but the ASF container format was designed with the possibility of DRM in mind, so some of these files are so encumbered.

See also

  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
  • ASF (Advanced Systems Format)

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