How to Convert QuickTime MOV to WMV on Windows?

I have to convert .mov to .wmv for and internet website. I got quick time pro 7 as I was sure I could convert the movie from this application but the strange thing is that it only converts 22sec of the movie - not the whole one - to .wmv. Does anyone know why this is happening?

Sometimes we may come across this problem - the videos that we have downloaded from digital camera or online video sites are in MOV format which Windows Movie Maker does not support. How to make MOV compatible with Windows Movie Maker so that we can load the video files in for editing or playing? Here, we need a workable video conversion program to convert MOV files to Windows Movie Maker formats.

Question from cnet.com

MOV is an Apple QuickTime Movie file that falls in the video file category. It is a common multimedia file format used to save movie files and other types of files. This file format makes use of a proprietary compression algorithm created by Apple but is compatible with on the Windows platform. But you can not import and play QuickTime MOV video files in Windows Media Player or Windows Movie Maker, or you have to convert those QuickTime MOV to WMV.

Now this guide we will show you how to convert QuickTime MOV videos to WMV with Aimersoft Video Converter. Then you can easily import and edit them into Windows Movie Maker, or play them in Windows Media Player.

For Mac user, please refer to Two Ways to Convert MOV to WMV and Play WMV on Mac OS.

How to convert QuickTime MOV format to WMV?

Aimersoft Video Converter is just the right tool. With this MOV to WMV Video Converter, you can easily import mov files, set the output setting of your WMV fomat, then start "Start" to begin the conversion. Now show the detail to convert QuickTime MOV files to WMV, then you can edit your mov in Windows Movie Maker.

1 Load MOV files from hard drive or portable devices

After install and run Video Converter, click to load MOV files from hard drive or portable devices (like USB device, camcorder, MP4 player, etc), you also can drag the files to this program directly.

2 Set output format as wmv

Click "Profile" drop-down list to select AVI, WMV or MPEG format for Windows Movie Maker. Then click "Output" drop-down list to set destination folder for output files.

3Edit MOV video files (optional)

Click to trim video and set the start time & end time to get multiple clips as you like. Or click to crop the frame size, add special effects, add picture/text watermark, or edit subtitle.

4Start to Convert QuickTime MOV to WMV

Once you've finished all the settings, click on "Start" button to convert video. After conversion, you can click the Find Target button to open the output folder and find the converted files.

5Import converted video files to Windows Movie Maker

After converted mov files to wmv,avi or mpeg, you can easily play these videos in Windows Media Player.