WTV Converter

Convert WTV files online for free


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

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

Convert WTV to another file type

The converter easily converts your WTV file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.

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

Convert a file to WTV

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to WTV with high quality output.

  • MTS to WTV
  • MOV to WTV
  • DIVX to WTV
  • RM to WTV
  • H264 to WTV
  • WMV to WTV
  • VOB to WTV
  • MP4 to WTV
  • XVID to WTV
  • AVI to WTV

About WTV files

The .WTV file format is a proprietary video container developed by Microsoft for storing TV programming recorded via Windows Media Center. Introduced in Windows Vista to replace the older .DVR-MS format, .WTV files typically contain MPEG-2 or H.264 video streams alongside AC-3 audio and extensive broadcast metadata. While excellent for time-shifting live TV on legacy systems, the format presents significant hurdles today. Windows Media Center has been discontinued in modern versions of Windows (10 and 11), making these files effectively obsolete and unplayable on standard media players, smartphones, or smart TVs. Furthermore, .WTV files are notoriously large and inefficient compared to modern standards, and they frequently carry DRM (Digital Rights Management) restrictions that prevent playback on any device other than the original recording PC.

To salvage your library of recorded shows, converting .WTV is essential. For maximum compatibility with web browsers, mobile devices (iPhone/Android), and Plex servers, converting to MP4 (H.264/AAC) is the recommended standard. For archiving purposes where you wish to retain the original video stream without quality loss from re-encoding, remuxing to MKV is the best strategy. convert.guru allows you to bypass the requirement for legacy Microsoft software, enabling you to preview and convert your recordings to usable formats instantly.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WTV file.

Users also converted AV, WEBM, MKV and MP4 files.


FAQ

If you want to convert WTV file to , you can use Windows Media Center or similar software from the "Recorded TV Video Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RMVB or TS files to WTV, try Windows Media Center or another comparable tool in the "Recorded TV Video Container" category.



The WTV 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 WTV converter.