What is a .GVP file?
The .GVP file extension stands for Google Video Pointer. It's a type of shortcut file, not a video file itself. Instead of holding video content, a .GVP file contains information about where to find a specific video file on the Internet that is meant to be played using the Google Video Player, which uses the .GVI file format for videos.
To open a .GVP file, you can use programs like the VideoLAN VLC media player or the Google Video Player. When you open a .GVP file with one of these programs, it reads the information in the .GVP file to locate the actual video file on the Internet and then plays that video. This means you don't have to download the whole video file to your computer first; the player does the work of fetching it for you based on the instructions in the .GVP file.
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