Convert WMV to video

Free, in your browser, no signup: files delete themselves within an hour.

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WMV video

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Pick the video format you need: free, private, gone in an hour.

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  • Files auto-delete in 1 hour
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Converting WMV to video is free: drop your WMV above, hit convert, and download the video. Files delete themselves within an hour.

Sometimes the job is simply "away from WMV": this tool takes your WMV and hands back video in whichever format the destination will actually accept. Pick MP4 for maximum reach or WEBM for the open web; either way, the video inside your WMV makes the trip intact.

Why flip WMV to video

WMV is a time capsule from the Windows XP years: tidy little files with dated manners. It was born in 1999, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is everything Apple, most browsers, and any phone made this decade.

Video is the heaviest thing most of us ever attach: screen recordings, camera clips, whole talks. Stands in for any video format Flippy can read: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM and the rest. That makes it the right destination when what you need is any moving picture: recordings, rips, exports, downloads.

How to convert WMV to video

  1. 1

    Drop your WMV file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.

  2. 2

    Pick the video format you want as the output.

  3. 3

    Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new file.

WMV vs video, side by side

WMV video
Born 1999, Microsoft wherever your camera, screen recorder or download came from
Type video · container video · any format
Best for old Windows archives and PowerPoint decks that still insist on it any moving picture: recordings, rips, exports, downloads
Weak spot everything Apple, most browsers, and any phone made this decade nothing inherently; every container brings its own quirks
Typical size small for its era, but modern codecs beat it on both size and quality anywhere from short clips to multi-gigabyte recordings
Plays on Windows out of the box; everywhere else wants VLC or a converter. Depends on the container and the codec inside it.

Questions people ask

Will converting WMV to video lose quality?

Flippy always picks the gentlest path: container swaps and extractions copy your streams untouched, and re-encodes happen once, at quality matched to the source.

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

It depends on the format you pick as the output: lossy formats land a few megabytes per minute, lossless several times that.

How long does WMV to video conversion take?

It scales with length and resolution: short clips finish in seconds, long HD videos can take a few minutes. Files auto-delete within an hour after.

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