What is the difference between .wmv and .dv?
- Extension
- .wmv
- .dv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- DV Consortium
- Description
- 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.
- Recorded video file created by a digital video (DV) camera; saved to the camera's DV tape and uses a standard raw format for the DV video; supported by several video editing programs.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wmv
- video/x-dv
- Sample
- sample.wmv
- sample.dv
- Wikipedia
- .wmv on Wikipedia
- .dv on Wikipedia