What is the difference between .wtv and .mp2?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .mp2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- 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.
- Audio format that uses MPEG-1 Layer II compression to reduce the file size; mainly replaced by the ubiquitous .MP3 format, but is still used for digital radio and digital television broadcasts.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- audio/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- sample.mp2
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia