- Extension
- .wmv
- .hrz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Slow Scan Television Group
- 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.
- This is the display format associated with the broadcast of slow-scan television. This legacy format was used to transmit a static image given limited bandwidth through the use of specialized software.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wmv
- image/x-pict
