Play XMV files in your browser
The video format of the original Xbox's games and dashboard. Play an XMV right here, and keep it as MP4. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your video starts playing the moment it opens, sized to fit your screen.
- Plays at once, sized to fit
- Play and pause • Drag the timeline
- Step frame by frame • Change the speed
- Export • Save as MP4 or MOV
About XMV
XMV is the video format Microsoft made for the original Xbox, whose games played their intros, cutscenes and attract loops from .xmv files.
An XMV holds WMV 8 video with Xbox ADPCM sound, in packets laid out to stream from the console's DVD drive.
Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg inside your browser, picture and sound, and Export saves an MP4 that plays on anything.
Xbox Media Video
.xmv
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Released
- 2001
Inside the file
- Video
- WMV 8
- Audio
- Xbox ADPCM
- Made by
- Microsoft's Xbox tools
- Made for
- Original Xbox games
Opens in every browser
Filepeek decodes XMV with FFmpeg in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. No browser plays it by itself.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open XMV
- WindowsVLC and mpv, which read it through FFmpeg • Windows Media Player can't
- MacVLC, IINA and mpv
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in plays it
- AndroidNo app built in plays it • An MP4 saved here does
Questions
Why won't Windows Media Player play it?
Its video is WMV 8, but in the Xbox's own packets, which Windows Media Player doesn't read. FFmpeg does, which is what Filepeek plays it with.
Does the sound play?
Yes. Its Xbox ADPCM sound decodes along with the picture.
Can I convert it to MP4?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as MP4.