4XM Converter

Convert 4X Movie videos (4XM) online for free


Drop or upload your .4XM file
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How to convert your 4XM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your 4XM file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert 4XM to another file type

The converter easily converts your 4XM videos to various formats - free and online. No VLC media player or other Video software needed.

  • 4XM to MP4
  • 4XM to AVI
  • 4XM to MOV
  • 4XM to WMV
  • 4XM to FLV
  • 4XM to WEBM
  • 4XM to MKV
  • 4XM to M4V
  • 4XM to 3GP
  • 4XM to OGV
  • 4XM to ASF
  • 4XM to RM

Convert a file to 4XM

To convert other file formats to the "Full Motion Video File" file type, you need software like VLC media player or a similar tool.


About 4XM files

The .4XM file is a proprietary multimedia container based on the RIFF format, created by 4X Technologies. It was primarily used to store Full Motion Video (FMV) and cinematic cutscenes in late 1990s and early 2000s PC games. You can play these legacy files using VLC media player or process them via command-line using FFmpeg. However, keeping video in the .4XM format is a massive disadvantage today. The format is entirely obsolete and unsupported by modern operating systems, web browsers, and smartphones. You cannot upload a .4XM file to YouTube or edit it in standard suites like Adobe Premiere Pro. The proprietary codecs trap your nostalgic game footage in a dead ecosystem. To make this video usable, conversion is strictly required. For broad compatibility, web playback, and mobile sharing, convert to MP4 (H.264). For long-term archiving without losing the original quality, convert to MKV. For legacy video editing, choose MOV. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your 4XM file.

Users also converted SWF, QT and DMX files.


FAQ

If you want to convert 4XM file to , you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Game Video Cutscene Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to 4XM, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Game Video Cutscene Storage" category.



The 4XM Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our 4XM converter.