What is the difference between .asf and .wmv?
- Extension
- .asf
- .wmv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Microsoft
- 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.
- A WMV file is a video file based on the Microsoft Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container format and compressed with Windows Media compression. It contains video encoded with one of Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) proprietary codecs and is similar to an .ASF file.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-asf
- video/x-ms-wmv
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.wmv
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .wmv on Wikipedia