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Format

Windows Media Video

Summary

Name
Windows Media Video
Identifiers
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.windows-media-wmv
  • PUID: fmt/133
  • MIME: video/x-ms-wmv
Format type
Video
Disclosure
Full
Description
Windows Media Video Format is a subtype of the Advanced Systems Format, developed by Microsoft for storing video data streams. It comprises a Header Object, which describes the properties of the data streams, a Data Object, which contains the actual data streams stored in Data Packets and, optionally, one or more Index Objects. Video data is stored using the Windows Media Video codec, and the format supports streaming across networks.
File extensions
asf, wmv
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over
Is subtype of

Internal signatures

Windows Media Video

Note
Header Object + Stream Properties Object (stream type = Video Stream) with WMV Compression ID

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
3026B2758E66CF11A6D900AA0062CE6C{12}0102
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Variable
Offset
None
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
{30}9107DCB7B7A9CF118EE600C00C205365{8}C0EF19BC4D5BCF11A8FD00805F5C442B{65}574D56(31|32|33)
Endianness
None