WMV File

Windows Media Video ( WMV) was developed by Microsoft as an encoding system. In 1999, Microsoft introduced the WMV file which is part of the greater ASF, HDB, and WMA which forms part of Microsoft encoding sector. The main purpose for its creation was to compete with RealVideo which is a rival streaming industry. Window Media Video extension in most cases was used to refer to WMV codec use.

There are several other industries that codec competes with and it includes MPEG4 and DivX. In its first installation, the WMV 9 codec assisted video resolutions of up to 1080p.

WMV 9 Professional was formed to integrate with Window Media Video 9 and thus it became active when 300,000 pixels were exceeded.