Windows Media Center TV recording
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with wtv file extension can be usually found as TV recordings made using Windows Media Center and captured using TV tuner.
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The wtv file extension is mainly related to a video format introduced with Windows Media Center.
The WTV Windows Media Center video format is successor of the DVR-MS Windows Media Center video format and was introduced in Windows 7.
WTV format contains video in MPEG-2 stream and audio stream uses MPEG-1 Layer II or Dolby Digital AC-3 (ATSC A/52) audio format.
Microsoft developed an update for the Microsoft Windows Vista, that enables playback of WTV video files in the Microsoft Windows Vista Media Player.
Use Windows Media Center or Nero Vision (supported from version 6.4.17.0 NERO 9 Reloaded).
In Windows 7 go to the folder where your recorded TV files are stored (usually C:\Users\Public), right-click the file that you want to convert, and then click Convert to .dvr-ms Format.
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