How to Convert QuickTime MOV to WMV

Question1: I have several movies available in QuickTime MOV format. I want to convert the MOV files to WMV for playback with Windows Media Player.

Question2: I get some MOV video files from my digital camera. I want to import these videos in Windows Movie Maker so that we can edit MOV clips and create a movie then burn them to a DVD.

MOV cannot be supported by Window Movie Maker, Windows Media player or some portable video players like Microsoft Zune, so we have to convert MOV to WMV Microsoft compatible format; Following is the step-by-step tutorial on how to convert MOV to WMV.

The tool we will need:
A MOV to WMV Converter – Video Converter Ultimate (Windows 7 Compatible) , Convert MOV to WMV on Mac OS X, you need this Mac MOV Converter (Mac OS X)

Video Converter Ultimate is a professional MOV to WMV Video Converter software which supports converting MOV to WMV files and other formats files such as AVI, MP4, MKV, MP3, MPEG, FLV, 3GP, ASF, etc in one click with amazing editing functions.

Instruction to change QuickTime Video MOV to WMV

1 Load MOV Video files to Video Converter

Free Download Video Converter, install and run it, then click "File" button to load MOV files from your computer to the software; you can double click the files to preview the video on the right window.

2 Choose WMV as output format

Click "Profile" drop-down list to Select "WMV – Windows Media Video (*.wmv)" from submenu of "Common Video" as output format. the default settings will work great, if necessary you also can click "setting" to adjust the detailed parameters of output format.

Click "Browse" to specify the output directory to save the converted files.

Note: Video Converer provides smart video editing functions like Cropping (cut off the black edge of movie), Clipping (trim your favorite segment of video to convert), Customizing Video Effect, etc, you can DIY your MOV video before MOV to WMV Conversion.

3 Start to Convert MOV to WMV

Click "Convert" to convert MOV to WMV files. after conversion finished, click "Open Output" button, you could explore output folder to access converted video files easily.

Related Glossary:
MOV - Common multimedia format often used for saving movies and other video files; uses a proprietary compression algorithm developed by Apple Computer; compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

WMV - WMV stands for Windows Media Video -- developed and controlled by Microsoft.