What is a .H2V file?
H2V holds MPEG-2 video, the codec behind DVD and digital broadcast. Analyser reads it as an MPEG program stream, the multiplexed container that can carry audio alongside the video.
- Did you know
- MPEG-2 is the codec that put video on DVD and digital television, and broadcast equipment kept it in service long after newer codecs arrived.
- MPEG-2 was standardised in 1995 and, paired with Dolby Digital audio, defined how the DVD-Video disc stored its picture and sound.
- Splitting a programme into separate video and audio elementary streams was a normal authoring step before they were multiplexed together.
- What Analyser reads
- A catch-all for rare and niche formats Analyser still identifies from their bytes: 3D caches and scans (Alembic ABC, FARO FLS/FWS), camera and design data (ARRIRAW ARX, Capture One masks, CATIA CGR), JBIG codestreams, firmware dumps (Binwalk), draw.io diagrams, OptimFROG DualStream audio, RTTTL ringtones, LaTeX style and class files, Sun Raster and Truevision TGA images, MPEG-2 streams, PVR/DVB recordings, Tiled tilesets, Windows Prefetch and Reaper project backups.
- Depth of analysis
- .H2V is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .H2V file
- Drag a .H2V file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.