WMV to MKV - Convert video online
Conversion Results:
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How to convert WMV to MKV:
1. Click the "Choose Files" button to select multiple files on your computer or click the "URL" button to choose an online file from URL, Google Drive or Dropbox. The source file can also be audio format. Video and audio file size can be up to 200M. You can use file analyzer to get source video's detailed information such as video codec, duration and bitrate.
2. Set target video format, bitrate, aspect ratio, frame size and frame rate. All audio streams will be removed if the "Mute" option is checked. The target video format can be MP4, AVI, FLV, MPG, MKV, WMV, M2TS, WEBM, ASF, MOV, M4V, RM, VOB, OGV or GIF.
3. Click the "Convert Now!" button to start batch conversion. It will automatically retry conversion on another server if one fails, please be patient while converting. The output files will be listed in the "Conversion Results" section. Click icon to show file QR code or save file to cloud storage services such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
WMV vs MKV:
| Name | WMV | MKV |
| Full name | Windows Media Video | Matroska Video |
| File extension | .wmv | .mkv, .mk3d, .mka, .mks |
| MIME | video/x-ms-wmv | video/x-matroska, audio/x-matroska |
| Developed by | Microsoft | www.matroska.org |
| Type of format | Video file format | Container format |
| Introduction | Windows Media Video (WMV) is a file type which can contain video in one of several video compression formats developed by Microsoft. The original video compression format used in the file, also known as WMV, was originally designed for Internet streaming applications, as a competitor to RealVideo. | The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. |
| Technical details | A WMV file uses the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container format to encapsulate the encoded multimedia content. While the ASF can encapsulate multimedia in other encodings than those the WMV file standard specifies, those ASF files should use the .ASF file extension and not the .WMV file extension. | Matroska is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. |
| Associated programs | Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, MPlayer, Media Player Classic, VLC Media Player, K-Multimedia Player | VLC Media Player |
| Sample file | sample.wmv | sample.mkv |
| Wikipedia | WMV on Wikipedia | MKV on Wikipedia |