How to Convert WMV to MP4 with Good Quality and High Speed

Posted by cindyhuan on May 10th, 2013

About WMV

File extension: .wmv

Category: Video File

Description: WMV files are a type of video file (usually containing audio) from Microsoft. These files can be played on a variety of video players on both Mac and PC machines. Some WMV files may have digital rights management (DRM) protection which prevents users from making unauthorized copies of files purchased in online stores.
Associated programs: MPlayer,Microsoft Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, RealPlayer, VideoLAN VLC Media Player

After viewing the description above, what can we infer? It is obvious that Mac or Mac applications like QuickTime, Final Cut Pro and most of portable media devices including iPhone 5, iPad, Kindle Fire, Surface cannot support this WMV format. Yes, it's a little bit head-scratching for us to play or edit WMV files freely on those gadgets then.

In order to achieve our goal of playing WMV freely, we must work out an easiest way to convert wmv to mp4 or other popular video format first. Why not try Doremisoft wmv to mp4 converter then? It is such a practically perfect Video Converter for Windows users and to wmv to mp4 converter for Mac users. With this professional and powerful converter, you can do lots of things about the WMV files, for example, you can either transcode wmv to surface for playback or convert wmv to HD MP4 format so that you can watch wmv video on kindle firefreely on the go. Besides, conducting the conversion by this converter is an amazing experience since you are allowed to do personal editing to the videos by adapting the function provided.

Notes: Provided that you have got some XAVC videos shot by Sony PMW-F5/F55 camera, you can render to this xavc video converter which helps you to xavc to mp4, allowing you to play xavc videos on any mp4-supported media devices. There is a trail version for free downloading now, just have a try and it will never let you down.

Here we go to the detailed conversion of WMV to MP4 format sample in Windows (Windows 8 included).

For preparation, download and install the converter first.

Step 1.After running the converter; import the wmv videos to the program by clicking "Add Files" in the main screen.

Step 2: Select .mp4 as the output format

In order to convert.WMV file to .MP4, we choose MP4 as output format from the "Common Video" menu. This converter also offers multiple presets video formats for lots of different devices allowing you to choose the proper one based on your needs.

Step 3: Start to convert

After the two steps above, press the "START" button to start the conversion and it will be done in a short time.
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