- Extension
- .wtv
- .m2v
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
- 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.
- Video only (without audio) encoded using MPEG-2 compression
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- video/mpeg
