Introduction of WMV File: How to Play and Edit

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Introduction of WMV File: How to Play and Edit

6 March 2019 Jennifer Thatcher Technology Manager of Test Dept.

Summary
Although WMV is one of the oldest formats in the digital video, it is believed that many people do not know what WMV is. Therefore, this article will provide the related knowledge of the WMV files, and the way to open, transform, and edit WMV video.

Content

Part 1. Popularization of WMV

1. What is WMV?
2. WMV Formats
3. The Features and Advantages of WMV

Part 2. The Players that Support WMV Formats

Part 3. Methods to Transfer WMV Format to MP4 Format

Part 4. Edit WMV Video

Part 1. Popularization of WMV

1. What is WMV?

WMV (Windows Media Video) is the general name of a series of Video codec developed by Microsoft and its related Video encoding format. The video part uses Windows Media Video encoding, while the audio part uses Windows Media Audio encoding. As a video compression format, WMV has such advantages as high compression rate, small size and so on.

It is an upgrade from the ASF (Advanced Stream Format) Format . With the same video quality, the file size of video in WMV format is very small, so it is very suitable for online broadcast and transmission.

2. WMV Format

It should be noted that WMV is not only a container format, but also a video compression format.

① Container Format

The WMV file uses the ASF (Advanced Systems Format) container format to encapsulate the encoded multimedia content. Because ASF can also encapsulate multimedia content with other encoding that is not specified by the WMV file standard, ASF files use .ASF as the file extension instead of .WMV.

② Video Compression Format

WMV is the most recognized video compression format in the WMV family. The term WMV often refers to Microsoft Windows media video format. WMV 9 codec contains the most important components of the WMV file format, such as non-square pixels, frame-interpolation and interlaced scanning video, which makes the WMV file become one of the video with best quality in video files (supporting 720p, 1080p and other high-definition formats). WMV Screen is the main specialized codecs for WMV files. It not only can capture real-time content as a screen projection codec, but also can convert video from the same external program to WMV file.

3. The Feature and Advantage of WMV

The combination of elliptic-curve encryption key exchange, DES block cipher, custom block cipher, RC4 stream cipher and SHA-1 hash function allows digital rights management which can encrypt and protect the video.
Support interlaced scanning video, non-square pixels and frame-interpolation, making the video file in WMV files to be the clearest.
Three kinds of code rate control methods are supported: variable bit rate, average bit rate and constant bit rate.
Large files are allowed to be compress without quality loss.
Digital rights management facilities are available.
WMV 9 codec is an open but proprietary standard.
Many modern portable video devices and streaming clients are supported.
It can be played with many third-party players that use FFmpeg.

Part 2. Players that Support WMV Format

The relevant knowledge of WMV is described in detail above and this section this section will introduce the players that can open WMV video.

	The programs that can open WMV file
Windows system	Microsoft Windows Media Player
	Nullsoft Winamp
	Roxio Creator NXT Pro 6
	Audials One 2018
	Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate
Mac system	Eltima Elmedia Player
	ShedWorx
	Apple QuickTime player with Flip4Mac WMV component
	Apple QuickTime Pro with Flip4Mac WMV component
	Web browser using the Flip4Mac WMV plug-in
iOS system	Macca Studios WMV Player
	olimsoft OPlayer
	PentaLoop PlayerXtreme Meida Player

Android system	J2 Interactive MX Player	Web	Google Drive

Depending on the different operating system, you can select one of the players or programs to open. If you don’t like to open it through the above programs, you can also convert the WMV video format into a common video format, such as MP4.

Part 3. Methods to Convert WMV Format into MP4 Format

If you find out that your device don’t support you to use a video in the specific way you want or the specific format, Renee Video Editor Pro can help you!

TipsUsing the video editing tool of Renee Video Editor Pro, it is convenient and fast to convert video format and can edit video with multiple editing tools.

① Open the Renee Video Editor Pro, click on “Video Toolbox“.

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② Click “Add Files“, select the video that needs to be converted.

③ Click “Output Format” and select “MP4“, then click “Start” to convert the video format quickly.

If you need to make further editing to WMV video, it is recommended that you use Renee Video Editor Pro. It has concise interface, simple operation and complete function!

Part 4. Edit WMV video

The previous section has introduced how to convert video format by using Renee Video Editor Pro. Actually, there are many other functions available in the software that can help you edit video quickly!

Tips Renee Video Editor Pro not only can convert video format, edit video and add special effects, but also can cut and merge video, remove watermark, add logo and subtitle etc. It achieves automatic recoding and keeps the video and audio syncing at a guaranteed speed.

1. Cut. You can set the start and end time to crop some clips.

2. Rotate & Crop. You can rotate or cut the video screen.

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3. Effect. You can add filters, zoom effects and audio effects to your video.

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4. Watermark. You can use text, image, video and sharp as watermarks. In addition, you can remove unnecessary watermarks.

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5. Music. You can add background music to your video. Local music and dubbing are supported.

6. Subtitle. You can add subtitles and text explanations to your video.

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