Open M2V file

M2V files: what are they and how do I open them?

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MPEG-2 packetized elementary stream

Files with m2v extension can be found mainly found as video files in MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream format.

Further details:

The m2v file extension is related to MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream, which contains only video related data.

The m2v files are normally destined to be multiplexed (muxed), which is the process of adding audio data and perhaps other streams such as subtitles, before use.

M2Vs are created by demultiplexing (demuxing) an existing MPEG-2, or by converting another video format to MPEG-2.

The file extension m2v is mostly found with SFV Host Files.

MIME types:
video/mpeg

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