What is viv file? Understanding and opening viv files
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.viv file type #1: VivoActive video
Files with viv extension can be generally found as video files. Either from the now discontinued VivoActive platform, or perhaps Vividas.
Further details
File extension viv is mainly related to the VivoActive streaming video format that was once used by RealNetworks but eventually discontinued. VivoActive products are still offered "as is."
No development efforts have been made on VivoActive products since 1997 and RealNetworks has no plans to develop them further. VivoActive products have known incompatibilities with browser versions developed since 1997.
MIME types:
video/vnd.vivo
video/vivo
There seems to have been more video formats that use the VIV extension. For example Vividas video format. But it didn't make much of breakthrough and is very uncommon.
Open viv file with:
RealPlayer
Multimedia player with support for proprietary RealNetworks formats
.viv file type #2: Game info data
Files with viv file extension may also be found as game data archives or game info files from various, mainly older, games from Electronic Arts.
Further details
The viv file extension is also used for some kind of data files used in several games produced by Electronic Arts (Need for Speed, Battlefield, FIFA).
Seems like resource archives that may contain all kind of data.
Open viv file with:
Need For Speed Underground
A 7th game from the popular Need for Speed series
FIFA Soccer 2002
A football simulation computer game
.viv file type #3: PlayStation video data
Files with viv file extension may also be found as very old in-game videos from games for Sony Playstation gaming console.
Further details
The viv file extension is also used for a special multimedia video files used on original Sony Playstation console.
These files contain in-game video and are in a proprietary PlayStation format that cannot be opened on PCs or Macs.
Open viv file with:
Sony PlayStation
A fifth-generation video game console produced by Sony
.viv file type #4: Vivaldi Studio music notation score
Files with viv extension can be found as old music notation sheets from now discontinued Vivaldi Studio software.
Further details
The viv file extension was also used for notation scores in old Vivaldi Studio music notation software. It looks like that both the program and these files are largely obsolete and not even supported in modern programs.
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