What is the difference between .wtv and .xvid?
- Extension
- .wtv
- .xvid
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Xvid
- 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.
- Xvid-encoded video files are digital video files that have been compressed and encoded using the Xvid codec, an open-source video codec designed for compressing video data in order to facilitate faster transmission over computer networks or for more efficient storage on computer disks. Xvid, which is a reverse spelling of "DivX," emerged as a popular format due to its ability to compress video files without significant loss of quality.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-wtv
- video/x-msvideo
- Sample
- sample.wtv
- Wikipedia
- .xvid on Wikipedia