WMV Video Format

What is WMV Video Format?

What is WMV video format? WMV video format, short for Windows Media Video, was developed by Microsoft and designed to handle all types of video content. WMV video format is a derivative of the MPEG-4 format. However, WMV video format is more efficient than MPEG-4 in encoding video. WMV video file formats can be highly compressed and can be delivered as a continuous flow of data. Similar to ASF format, WMV video format allows for decreased file size. Using WMV video file formats is an excellent way to get file sizes down to reasonable levels while retaining watchable quality.

Development of WMV Video Format

WMV video format was first introduced in 1999 by Microsoft upon non-standard version of MPEG-4. Now WMV video format competes with other codecs such as DivX and RealVideo as a means of distributing video content on the World Wide Web. Microsoft introduced subsequent versions of the codec in the years 2001 and 2003. The latest versions of WMV video format called WMV10 don't have much in common with MPEG-4 anymore, but use Microsoft's own video encoding technologies instead.

WMV Video Format Features

The main features of WMV video format include data delivery over a wide variety of network protocols, suitable for local playback, advanced multimedia capabilities, extensible media types, component download , scalable media types, stream prioritization as defined by the author, support for multiple languages and document and content management.

WMV Video Format playback

WMV video format can be played by lots of players such as Windows Media Player, GOM Player, ALLPlayer, The KMPlayer, PowerDVD, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Media Player, Zoom Player and Media Player Classic. The Microsoft Zune media management software can also play WMV video format, but uses a Zune-specific variation of Windows Media DRM. Some third-party players exist for various platforms such as Linux that use the FFmpeg implementation of the WMV video file formats.

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