What is the difference between .wtv and .mkv?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .mkv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Matroska
- 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 MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- video/x-matroska
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia