What is the difference between .wtv and .ima?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .ima
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- IBM
- 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 headerless file of IMA ADPCM audio data. IMA ADPCM claims 16-bit precision packed into only 4 bits, but in fact sounds no better than .vox.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- audio/x-adpcm
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.ima
- Wikipedia
- .ima on Wikipedia