AVI means Audio Video Interleave. This was introduced in 1992 and was known as the container format. AVI includes both audio and video that allows synchronous playback. You can see AVI files available on the net as music videos, streaming videos and they can be downloaded easily as full length movies.
WMV stands for Windows Media Video. This was developed by Microsoft mainly for streaming. This can be stored on hard disc for playback with the help of Windows Media Player. The latest version includes features to help high compression in order to fit larger videos that occupy huge space into small videos in order to save storage space. This is of great advantage as it helps in transferring of files over the net.
Both of these file formats are popular since they can be easily played through windows media player which comes as part of the windows operating system and also they are easily compressed such that they can be uploaded and streamed through the net. Converting from AVI to WMV can be done easily with the help of the conversion software.
There are may types of AVI to WMV conversion softwares that are available in the market. Some come as freeware, some as shareware and others as commercial products. Lets us see the basic instructions that help to convert AVI to WMV.
- Once you have installed your AVI to WMV conversion software onto your computer system you can immediately start on the conversion.
- Since there are different types of conversion available you should choose the type of conversion that you may require.
- To begin with you should load the AVI source file. The software will help you to browse through your hard disc to select the source file. Some applications even allow drag and drop of the source file on to the conversion software.
- Now you can specify the destination file and the folder where it needs to be saved as a WMV file.
- Now you can choose the special features that are available. You should choose the correct audio and video codecs. Choose the video size and the bit rate. You should keep the frames per sec similar to the source file.
- Once you have chosen the special features you can start the conversion process. This is usually done with the click of a button. This conversion process would take from a minute to an hour depending on the file size, the conversion specifics and on the configuration of your computer.
- Once the conversion process is complete you can check through it to see that it is converted properly. If an error occurs during the conversion process then an error message would appear and the conversion process will be stopped. If it successfully completed then you can open your windows media player and confirm that the file has been converted properly.