Convert Windows Media videos (WMV) online for free
The converter easily converts your WMV videos to various formats - free and online. No Windows Media Player or other Video software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Compressed Video File" formats to WMV without using software like Windows Media Player or a similar tool.
The .WMV (Windows Media Video) file is a compressed video container format developed by Microsoft. It was originally designed for internet streaming in the early 2000s and relies heavily on the proprietary Advanced Systems Format (.ASF) container structure. Historically, it was the default output format for legacy software like Windows Movie Maker and played natively on Windows Media Player.
You need to convert .WMV files because they are practically obsolete and suffer from severe cross-platform limitations. Apple devices cannot natively play them without third-party software like VLC media player. Modern web browsers like Chrome and Safari completely lack HTML5 video support for the format. Furthermore, older .WMV files may contain restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) encryption, making them notoriously difficult to edit, transfer, or archive.
To make your video usable today, conversion is mandatory. For universal web playback and mobile sharing, convert to MP4 (using the H.264 codec). If you are embedding the video on a modern website, convert to WEBM. For editing in the Apple ecosystem, choose MOV. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WMV file.
Users also converted VLC, G2M, XMV, WMP, MVM, WRF, WMD, WLMP, MSWMM, MP4, WP3, VMV and MVP files.
If you want to convert WMV file to , you can use Windows Media Player or similar software from the "Video Compression and Playback" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RMVB or TS files to WMV, try Windows Media Player or another comparable tool in the "Video Compression and Playback" category.
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 WMV converter.