Convert AVI to WMV

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Converting AVI to WMV is free: drop your AVI above, hit convert, and download the WMV. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Most AVI to WMV conversions are wrapper swaps: the pictures stay pictures, they just trade AVI's box for one built for old Windows archives and PowerPoint decks that still insist on it. If the codec inside your AVI is one WMV accepts, Flippy keeps quality bit-for-bit identical; if not, it re-encodes once, carefully, at matching quality.

Why flip AVI to WMV

AVI is the veteran of desktop video: dependable in 1995, cranky about everything invented since. It was born in 1992, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs.

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. That makes it the right destination when what you need is old Windows archives and PowerPoint decks that still insist on it.

How to convert AVI to WMV

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Drop your AVI file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: WMV is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new WMV.

AVI vs WMV, side by side

	AVI	WMV
Born	1992, Microsoft	1999, Microsoft
Type	video · container	video · container
Best for	opening old archives and humoring legacy Windows tools	old Windows archives and PowerPoint decks that still insist on it
Weak spot	modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs	everything Apple, most browsers, and any phone made this decade
Typical size	usually bulky: its era's codecs compress far less than H.264 or H.265	small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality
Plays on	Old Windows software and desktop players; phones and browsers mostly refuse.	Windows out of the box; everywhere else wants VLC or a converter.

Questions people ask

Will converting AVI to WMV lose quality?

Usually not: when the video codec is compatible, Flippy swaps the container without re-encoding, so quality is untouched. If a re-encode is needed, it happens once at matching quality.

Will the WMV file be bigger or smaller than my AVI?

Similar, unless a re-encode is involved: then it depends on the codec. WMV typically runs small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality.

Where will the WMV file play?

Windows out of the box; everywhere else wants VLC or a converter. That's the usual reason people leave AVI behind: WMV simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does AVI to WMV conversion take?

When it's a pure container swap it's nearly instant, since nothing is re-encoded. Full re-encodes take roughly as long as the video plays, often less.

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