Convert WVX files online for free
The converter easily converts your WVX file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to WVX with high quality output.
A .wvx file is a Windows Media Video Redirector, a text-based metafile used primarily by Windows Media Player to initiate streaming media. Unlike a standard video file (like MP4 or AVI) which contains actual audio and visual data, a .wvx file is essentially a shortcut or playlist containing the URL where the actual video (usually a WMV) is hosted. This creates a significant source of user friction: you might believe you have downloaded a movie, only to find a 1KB file that fails to play offline or breaks when the source server goes down.
Because .wvx files rely on absolute file paths or web URLs, they are fragile and often become "dead links" over time - a common issue when recovering files from the Wayback Machine. The format is largely obsolete and not supported by modern web browsers or mobile devices. For playlist functionality, the best conversion target is M3U or PLS, which are widely supported by players like VLC Media Player. If your goal is to save the video content, "converting" the file actually requires opening the .wvx in a text editor to find the source URL, and then downloading that stream directly to a WMV or MP4 file.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WVX file.
Users also converted WMV, VWX, CDA, IFO, VOB and MP4 files.
If you want to convert WVX file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Windows Media Player or similar software from the "Video Stream Redirector" 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 WVX, try Windows Media Player or another comparable tool in the "Video Stream Redirector" 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 WVX converter.