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Details for: Windows Media Video

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Summary
Name	Windows Media Video
Version
Other names	WMV
Identifiers	Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.windows-media-wmv PUID: fmt/133 MIME: video/x-ms-wmv
Family
Classification	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.
Orientation	Binary
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	Has priority over Advanced Systems Format Has priority over Windows Media Audio Is subtype of Advanced Systems Format
Technical Environment
Released	01 Dec 2004
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	11 Mar 2005
Source description
Last updated	02 Aug 2005
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