Opening an AMV File

The AMV file type is primarily associated with VLC.

AMV	File extension: AMV
	File type:	video and audio

What is an AMV file

AMV files mostly belong to VLC by VideoLAN. AMV is a container file format for storing video and audio content on portable media devices classified as S1 MP3 players. Such media players include MP3, MP4, and MTV players. AMV video files typically have AMV file extension and they are saved in low resolutions ranging from 94x64 pixels to 160x120 pixels with low compression. The AMV video file format is extended from AVI and Motion JPEG formats. The audio data stored in AMV files use a variant of IMA ADPCM codec while the video data uses a modified version of Motion JPEG. Therefore, the header of an AMV, like the AVI format contains "avih" and "amvh"). Also, e:AMV videos contain video streams stored in RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) which form the basis of WAV and AVI formats. AMV videos are also playable on desktop and mobile media players.

How can I open an AMV file?

You need a suitable software like VLC to open an AMV file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your AMV file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a AMV file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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AMV file format details:

The file format determines how the data is stored in the file. A file format is determined by the file extension and signature, so JPEG images have the extension .jpg and the first bytes in the file are ÿØÿ. Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. Exact knowledge of the format is therefore important in order to solve problems occurring in files. Below is our analysis of the AMV files:

AMV is rarely used as a file extension and includes different formats for different programs. The file formats most commonly found in AMV files are:

• 55% of all AMV files are MTV Movie files, which are using the popular RIFF file format. RIFF files store data in tagged chunks. There are primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video. These files contain neither text nor words, but only data. The files are 830 KB to 46 MB in size, with a median of 7 MB. The file type is old but is used even today. The following keywords are characteristic: strlstrh8, LIST, RIFF, AMV LIST, hdrlamvh8 and strf$. Such files sometimes refer to movie, dsci, video, provencales, danses and demo.
• 35% of all AMV files start with the magic bytes AJPM, which are always the first bytes of this file format. If you open these files in a text editor, you will see only illegible characters. The files are 5 MB to 19 MB in size, with a median of 10 MB. Several words can almost always be found in the files, e.g. FRAM and AJPM. mv_a01r5.amv is a typical file name. These files are attributed to neko and magic.

All the rest of the AMV files (10%) have different formats. The category is moviezspot. If you want to find out which format your AMV file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .amv file to analyze".