What is the difference between .wtv and .aifc?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .aifc
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Apple Inc.
- Description
- The WTV (Windows Recorded TV Show) file format is used by Microsoft's Windows Media Center to store TV recordings. Introduced with Windows 7 as a successor to the earlier DVR-MS format used by Windows XP Media Center Edition, WTV files allow users to record live television broadcasts or schedule recordings directly through their computers equipped with a compatible TV tuner card. These files encapsulate both the video and audio streams, along with metadata such as broadcast information and closed captions.
- It contains CD-quality audio file commonly used in gaming consoles and media players. AIFC can be compared to .WAV file that has been compressed to reduce file size. Therefore, it may incorporate ALAW, ULAW, or G722 compression.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- audio/aiff
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.aifc
- Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia