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About Windows Media Video
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a name for the set of video codec technologies developed by Microsoft.
WMV files use ASF container format. These files can be played by MPlayer or Windows Media Player. The .wmv file extension usually describes ASF files using Windows Media Video codecs. The audio codec used with WMV is normally a version of WMA. Besides ASF, WMV can be put into the AVI or MKV container formats as well. Originally the WMV codec was designed for Internet streaming applications. Two other codecs - WMV Screen and WMV Image - are a screencast codec and a video slideshow codec respectively. |
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