WMV Converter

Convert Windows Media videos (WMV) online for free


Drop or upload your .WMV file
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How to convert your WMV file

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

Convert WMV to another file type

The converter easily converts your WMV videos to various formats - free and online. No Windows Media Player or or other Video software needed.

  • WMV to MP4
  • WMV to MP3
  • WMV to MOV
  • WMV to AVI
  • WMV to GIF
  • WMV to FLV
  • WMV to WEBM
  • WMV to MKV
  • WMV to M4V
  • WMV to 3GP
  • WMV to OGV
  • WMV to ASF

Convert a file to WMV

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.

  • MTS to WMV
  • MOV to WMV
  • DIVX to WMV
  • RM to WMV
  • H264 to WMV
  • VOB to WMV
  • MP4 to WMV
  • XVID to WMV
  • AVI to WMV
  • ASF to WMV
  • MV to WMV
  • PMF to WMV

About WMV files

The .WMV file is a proprietary video compression format created by Microsoft for the Windows Media framework. It uses the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container to store compressed video and audio streams. Originally designed for dial-up streaming in the early 2000s, it is natively managed by legacy applications like Windows Media Player. For more technical background, read its Wikipedia entry.

Users encounter severe limitations when distributing .WMV files outside of legacy Windows environments. It requires third-party codecs or alternative software to open on macOS, Linux, and iOS devices. Furthermore, modern web browsers do not support it natively within HTML5 <video> tags. Professional video suites like Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro often struggle with its proprietary structure, causing import errors and timeline lag.

To resolve playback and editing blocks, conversion is strictly required. For universal web streaming and mobile compatibility, convert to MP4 (H.264/AAC). For high-quality archiving, convert to MKV. To extract the audio track, convert to MP3 or WAV. Just drag and drop your file here to convert it instantly on convert.guru - free, online, and without installing extra codecs.

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.


FAQ

If you want to convert WMV file to , you can use Windows Media Player or similar software from the "Video and audio streaming" 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 and audio streaming" category.



The WMV 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 WMV converter.