Need to convert WMV to MOV?

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Why convert .WMV files to .MOV files

WMV stands for Windows Media Video and is a series of video compression codecs that were designed for early internet video streaming and HD-DVD and Blu-Ray physical media, Video in this file format is natively playable on Windows devices and can have DRM content management attached.

MOV files were created by Apple, are associated with the application Quicktime and often times use the MPEG-4 codec for compression. They were built as a cross-platform format, meaning they can be played on many Mac and Windows applications. MOV files are one of the few container formats that support alpha channel, or transparency.

You might want to convert WMV files to MOV because MOV is supported for native playback on more devices than WMV. Also, MOV files can sometimes be handled more efficiently by video editing platforms, so if you are looking to edit WMV files, it could be useful to first convert the file format to MOV.

NOTE: It's important to distinguish between file container formats and compression formats, or codecs. For example, MP4 is a container, and can hold different types of video compression, for example, MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 AVC, or HEVC, as well as audio (again compressed in a variety of formats) and metadata (for example subtitles). Some codecs can be wrapped in multiple different containers. Containers are sometimes referred to as file extensions, e.g. MOV, MP4, or AVI, but it's important to remember that there can be different types of video within these file formats.

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VideoStudio is more than WMV to MOV converter. We built VideoStudio to convert multiple file-formats including the formats below.

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Popular video conversions supported in the VideoStudio Trial


Format support for VideoStudio Trial depends on your OS system configuration. Fewer formats are supported in the VideoStudio Trial and is not representative of the formats supported in VideoStudio Pro or VideoStudio Ultimate upon full purchase.

Additional popular video conversions supported with the full purchase of VideoStudio

Requires the full version of VideoStudio - not supported in VideoStudio trial.

  • avi to mov
  • avi to wmv
  • avi to mp4
  • avi to mpg
  • avi to HEVC
  • avi to m2t*
  • avi to 3gp*
  • avi to XAVC S
  • m2t to mov*
  • m2t to wmv*
  • m2t to mp4*
  • m2t to mpg*
  • m2t to HEVC*
  • m2t to 3gp*
  • m2t to XAVC S*
  • mts to mov*
  • mts to wmv*
  • mts to mp4*
  • mts to mpg*
  • mts to HEVC*
  • mts to m2t*
  • mts to 3gp*
  • mts to XAVC S*
  • m4v to avi
  • m4v to HEVC
  • m4v to mov
  • m4v to mp4
  • m4v to mpg
  • m4v to wmv
  • m4v to XAVC S
  • m4v to m2t*
  • m4v to 3gp*
  • mkv to avi
  • mkv to HEVC
  • mkv to mov
  • mkv to mpg
  • mkv to wmv
  • mkv to mp4
  • mkv to 3gp*
  • mkv to m2t*
  • mkv to XAVC S
  • mod to HEVC
  • mod to mp4
  • mod to avi
  • mod to wmv
  • mod to mov
  • mod to 3gp*
  • mod to m2t*
  • mod to XAVC S
  • mov to avi
  • mov to HEVC*
  • mov to mpg
  • mov to mp4
  • mov to wmv
  • mov to 3gp*
  • mov to m2t*
  • mov to XAVC S
  • mp4 to HEVC
  • mp4 to mpg
  • mp4 to wmv
  • mp4 to mov
  • mp4 to avi
  • mp4 to XAVC S
  • mp4 to 3gp*
  • mp4 to m2t*
  • mpg to HEVC
  • mpg to mp4
  • mpg to avi
  • mpg to wmv
  • mpg to mov
  • mpg to 3gp*
  • mpg to m2t *
  • mxf to HEVC*
  • mxf to mp4*
  • mxf to mpg*
  • mxf to avi*
  • mxf to wmv*
  • mxf to mov*
  • mxf to 3gp*
  • mxf to m2t*
  • mxf to XAVC S*
  • swf to avi
  • swf to HEVC
  • swf to mov
  • swf to mpg
  • swf to mp4
  • swf to wmv
  • swf to 3gp*
  • swf to m2t*
  • swf to XAVC S
  • tod to HEVC
  • tod to mp4
  • tod to avi
  • tod to wmv
  • tod to mov
  • tod to 3gp*
  • tod to m2t*
  • tod to XAVC S
  • wmv to avi
  • wmv to HEVC
  • wmv to mov
  • wmv to mp4
  • wmv to mpg
  • wmv to m2t*
  • wmv to 3gp*
  • wmv to XAVC S
  • XAVC S to avi
  • XAVC S to HEVC
  • XAVC S to mpg
  • XAVC S to mp4
  • XAVC S to mov
  • XAVC S to wmv
  • XAVC S to 3gp*
  • XAVC S to m2t*
  • XAVC to avi*
  • XAVC to HEVC*
  • XAVC to m2t*
  • XAVC to mpg*
  • XAVC to mp4*
  • XAVC to mov*
  • XAVC to wmv*
  • XAVC to 3gp*
  • XAVC to XAVC S*

* This format requires supporting graphic card and MS HEVC extension installed

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