What is the difference between .asf and .mkv?
- Extension
- .asf
- .mkv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Matroska
- Description
- An ASF file is a media file stored in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF), a proprietary video and audio container format. It contains audio and video data and optional metadata, such as title, author, and copyright bibliographic data. ASF files are developed by Microsoft primarily for streaming media.
- An MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-asf
- video/x-matroska
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia