.m2v file: how to open it on Windows

24 Windows apps register the .m2v extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format: MPEG-2 Elementary Stream
PRONOM identifier: fmt/640

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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