WMV (Windows Media Video)

The WMV file format developed by Microsoft to be a standard format for video and audio storage for its Windows operating system is designed around a series of video encoding formats. The format has evolved over time, and by 2006, it was approved as one of the standard formats for physical media such as Blu-ray video discs.

WMV files are container files, and video content is based on Microsoft's implementation of the MPEG-4 video format. The format is still widely in use today on the latest Windows operating system, and many popular third-party video editing packages support WMV files.