What is the difference between .wtv and .avi?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .avi
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Microsoft
- 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.
- An AVI file is a file saved in a multimedia container format created by Microsoft. It stores video and audio data that may be encoded in a variety of codecs such as DivX and XviD. AVI files typically use less compression than similar formats such as .MPEG and .MOV.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- video/avi
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.avi
- Wikipedia
- .avi on Wikipedia