How to Convert WMV to AVI on Windows and Mac

While WMV is the most frequently used file format nowadays for saving media files, it can be found here and there online and offline. Inserting to PPT for featuring your presentation, playing in Windows Media Player (Windows version or Mac version), or importing to Blackberry bold series for playback. But this kind of format has its own falling grade: it’s not supported by the majority of portable devices including PSP, Xbox and so on, actually, WMV files are only accepted several particular devices (till now, only Blackberry bold series I noticed read WMV files.).

Comparing with WMV, AVI, another hot file format, is more popular than WMV between devices and apps such as PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 etc. So if you wanna play WMV files on some AVI supported devices or for other reasons, you can convert WMV to AVI. This article shows you a step by step guide about how to convert WMV to AVI on both Windows OS and Mac OS. In order to keep the video quality and accomplish the WMV to AVI conversion and WMV to AVI Mac conversion easier, a professional yet easy-to-use WMV to AVI video converter is installed.

• Part 1: How to convert WMV to AVI in Windows OS
• Part 2: How to convert WMV to AVI on Mac OS

Part 1: How to convert WMV to AVI in Windows OS

To do the WMV to AVI conversion in Windows, Video Converter is a great helper, which enables you to convert videos with 5X faster conversion speed boosted with NVIDIA^® CUDA^TM, and even allows you to edit your files for better enjoyment. Here we go to the detailed WMV to AVI task:

• 1. Add videos into the WMV to AVI converter. With the function of batch conversion, you can convert several WMV files to AVI files at one go.
• 2. Set “AVI” as your output format: open the format list, go to “Common Video” and select AVI
• 3. Click “Start” to convert WMV to AVI.

Watch the step by step video tutorial:

Tip: If you are interested in how to edit your video files with the edit functions of the Video Converter, you can go to the User Guide of Video Converter for more details.

Part 2: How to convert WMV to AVI on Mac OS

While on Mac OS (Snow Leopard, Lion included), you need Video Converter for Mac which has the similar performance as perfect as the Windows WMV to AVI converter mentioned above. This Mac app is specially designed for converting video files on Mac as easily and quickly as possible. Also with superb fast conversion speed and high quality, the WMV to AVI converter Mac gives you a worriless conversion:

• 1. Import WMV video files into the WMV to AVI converter for Mac: directly drag and drop your file(s) to the app or head to “File” then choose “Add Video Files”.
• 2. Choose “AVI” out form the “Video Formats”. By the way, if you are about to play these converted files on portable devices, you are offered some optimized presets for saving your time. Detailed info: User Guide of Video Converter for Mac.
• 3. Hit on the “Convert” button and let the rest of the conversion be accomplished by the WMV to AVI Mac Video Converter automatically.