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Microsoft Digital Video Recording
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with dvr-ms suffix can be found as TV video recordings in Microsoft Digital Video format saved using the Windows Media Center.
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension dvr-ms is best known for use for one of the default video formats in the Microsoft Windows Media Center.
The DVR-MS file format, designed mainly for storing recorded TV content, was first introduced in the Windows XP and remained in use until it was replaced by the WTV format in Windows 7. However, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 also support playback of dvr-ms files.
Similar to ASF format, DVR-MS format uses Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality, including time-shifting, live pause, and simultaneous record and playback. Video data are stored in the MPEG-2 video stream and audio data are in the MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio stream.
Primarly use Microsoft Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center to playback the .dvr-ms file. But other media players can most likely also playback this format.
DVR-MS format can be converted to other multimedia formats with plenty of available converters.
Software applications that can open dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Apps designed for playing dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Windows Media Center
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software apps that record to dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Windows Media Center
Software apps that convert dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that import dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dvr-ms files:
Microsoft Windows
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