WMV: conversion steps
- Upload your WMV file to start.
- Convert WMV to 3GP.
- Download the WMV file.
About WMV files
Microsoft's Windows Media video format
Windows Media Video (WMV) is Microsoft's family of video codecs, stored in the ASF container.
Older Windows software, Windows Movie Maker projects and video from the 2000s.
WMV: what conversion changes
Converting WMV re-encodes video.
WMV: settings to change
Before you convert WMV files, you can adjust: Video codec, Audio codec, Frame rate, Rate control, Width, Quality (CRF), Audio bitrate, Video bitrate, Quality (VBR), Resolution, Sample rate, Colours, Channels, Height, Scale fit, Normalize loudness, Dithering, Encoder preset, Trim start, Trim duration, Keep tags, and Remove metadata.
Limits of the WMV format
WMV files can carry DRM, and many devices outside Windows do not play WMV.
Common questions about WMV
Why does my WMV video refuse to play on my Mac or iPhone? Windows Media Video uses Microsoft codecs that Apple and Android devices don't include, so a conversion to MP4 is the quickest fix.
Convert WMV files
- Windows Media (WMV) to 3GP
- Windows Media (WMV) to AAC
- Windows Media (WMV) to Animated PNG
- Windows Media (WMV) to AVI
- Windows Media (WMV) to FLAC
- Windows Media (WMV) to GIF (animated)
- Windows Media (WMV) to M4A (AAC/ALAC)
- Windows Media (WMV) to Matroska (MKV)
- Windows Media (WMV) to QuickTime (MOV)
- Windows Media (WMV) to MP3
- Windows Media (WMV) to MP4
- Windows Media (WMV) to MPEG