WMV Compressor
Shrink WMV files without wrecking them: free, in your browser, gone within the hour.
One file at a time for now
Batch processing isn't available yet: drop files one by one, or use the Merger to join them.
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- No watermark, ever
- Files auto-delete in 1 hour
- Nothing to install
WMV is a time capsule from the Windows XP years: tidy little files with dated manners. Windows Media Video, usually inside an ASF container; once the backbone of DRM movie rentals.
- Born
- 1999, Microsoft
- Type
- video · container
- Typical size
- small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality
- Plays on
- Windows out of the box; everywhere else wants VLC or a converter.
- Fun fact
- Early online movie rentals ran on WMV: files that politely self-destructed after 24 hours.
What compressing WMV actually does
Compressing WMV means re-encoding the video inside with a modern codec at a quality you choose: low, medium or high. Camera footage typically gives up 30–70% of its size before quality visibly suffers, and screen recordings squeeze even harder. WMV runs small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality, so there's usually plenty to give.
How to compress a WMV file
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Drop your WMV into the compressor above.
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Pick a quality level: medium is the sweet spot most people can't tell from the original.
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Download the smaller file. WMV typically runs small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality, so the savings are real.
Questions people ask
How much smaller will my WMV get?
It depends on how generously it was encoded: WMV typically runs small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality, and most files give up 30–70% at the medium preset before quality visibly suffers.
Will I lose quality working with WMV here?
Where possible Flippy copies streams without re-encoding; when a re-encode is unavoidable it happens once, at quality matched to your WMV.
Is this WMV compressor really free?
Yes: free for everyday use with no daily cap, no signup, and your files delete themselves from our servers within an hour.