What is the difference between .wtv and .gif?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- CompuServe
- 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.
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia