How to Convert DVD to WMV HD for HDTV, Xbox 360, PS3

WMV (Windows Media Video ) files are commonly used for movie playback on Windows PCs. Profitting from its good compression and quality, many guys wanna convert DVD to WMV for backup movie DVDs purchased or rented, this text will explain this in detail.

Additionally, how about DVD to WMV HD, are you catching up with the new high definition trend? With more and more people around talking about DVD to WMV HD encoder, do you curious about what exactly is WMV HD, WMV HD encoder and why DVD to WMV HD? (Many guys may be not really familiar with WMV HD, so we will give more paragraphs to explain the WMV HD correlation.)

What is WMV HD and what makes it different from WMV?

WMV HD is Windows Media High Definition Video, and the difference between WMV HD and WMV comes down to its video resolution. Standard definition we usually see has at most 480 visible lines of detail, whereas high definition video has as many as 1,080.

Standard Definition Video	High Definition Video
480p and lower resolution	From 720p up to 1080p resolution for now

Useful Encoders needed for WMV HD

Windows Media Video HD (WMV HD) can be encoded with a variety of programs such as Windows Media Encoder, Windows Movie Maker, and Microsoft Expression Encoder. When encoding, it has been recommended by these programs that you use the original file for best results.

Free WMV HD Demos you can download

WMV HD Content Showcase is what Microsoft Windows Media provided for you to download high definition video to have a try. FYI, Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series is a breakthrough set of codecs that enables multichannel audio and high definition (HD) video at resolutions up to 1080p.

Why should you convert DVD to WMV HD?

You may complain that the video quality is not as clean as the original DVD after ripping DVD to standard video. For an ordinary DVD movie is often 7-8 GB in size, if we convert them to standard video formats the size would be hundreds of MB, so we have to face the problem that the code compress process would destroy most of unimportant data and the video quality get bad. Then what can we do to resolve this issue? The answer is to convert DVD to WMV HD, for these HD videos are often bigger than standard video and decrease the video damage. Thus, the WMV HD video seems to be lossless compared with the original DVD.

How to convert DVD to WMV HD?

The self-explaining interface allows you to convert DVD to WMV (HD) within 4 easy steps.

Step 1: Download, install and launch DVD to WMV HD Converter - DVD Ripper software

If you are using Mac OS and want to convert DVD to WMV on Mac, you can refer to Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 2: Load DVD, select output format and set destination folder

Click ''Load DVD' button to add the DVD file. You can also click 'Load File' to add DVD/IFO from your hard disk. Then click "Profile" to select "WMV Video" or "HD WMV Video" as the output format.

Step 3: Set advanced settings

Click "Settings" to customize the parameters like Bit Rate, Video Size and Aspect Ratio, etc.

Step 4: Start to convert

Finally, click "Start" button to start converting DVD to WMV HD. The output WMV files can be found by clicking on the button "Find Target". After that, you can copy these files via USB to your hard drives, and plug in it to Windows Media Player like HDTV, Xbox 360, PS3 to enjoy.

And you may see the edit part in this program, yes, it enables you to do simple editing if you need:

So just enjoy your WMV HD video with this DVD to WMV HD Converter.

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