How to convert video to WMV?
This passage will show you how to convert video to WMV and extract audio to wma. The output files could be played on players such as Zune, Xbox 360, Pocket PC, Windows Movie Maker, HP iPAQ, Creative Zen Vision and so on. If you want to convert DVD and edit DVD movie to WMV, you can refer to the guide here:
It includes three parts:
- How to convert video to WMV?
- How to crop, edit, join and trim video to WMV?
- How to extract audio from video to MP3 WMA WAV for iPod Nano, shuffle, Creative Zen, cell phone and other MP3 players?
Part 1: How to convert video to WMV?
Step1. Please download Aimersoft WMV Video Converter; you can know more about it by visiting here:
http://www.aimersoft.com/wmv-movie-converter.html
Install and run Aimersoft WMV Movie Converter, click the “Add” button to import your video files. Aimersoft WMV Movie Converter support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time. If you meet any problems adding videos by directly clicking the “Add” button, you can click “File -> Add DirectShow files…” to add the video files you want to convert from your computer.
Step2. This software can convert video to various video formats for Zune, Pocket PC cell phone, etc. Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device support, you can just select the format according to the device name.
If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you can set resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc. You also can create a Settings profile and save it, and then you won’t have to set the same settings every time. Since Aimersoft Video Converter support batch conversion, you can use different profiles for the added video files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the default settings will just work perfectly.
After all you finish the above steps, click “Start” to begin the conversion.
Part2. How to trim, crop, join and edit video
Aimersoft WMV Movie Converter provides you a series powerful function of movie trimming, cropping, combining, etc.
If you want to cut the black edges or undesired part off, you can click the “crop” button to open the crop panel. There is a frame in dashed line around the video; you can drag it to cut off the sides you don’t want. You can also type in values in the four Crop value boxes to crop your video more accurately.
If you want to join several video files into one file, on the main interface, tick the check box “Merge into one file”, and you will only get one output file instead of multiple files.
You can click “Trim” button to open the trim panel, drag the trim bar to set start time and end time to convert a clip from your movie. You can also type the exact time values in the Set Start Time field and Set End Time field to trim video.
This video converter provides rich video editing functions, you can click the “Effect” button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast; volume, etc on the Effect panel. You can even apply special effects such as “Emboss”, “Negative”, “Old film” and “Gray” by selecting a special effect from its drop-down list. If you want to remove the original audio, you can convert your video with 0% volume.
How to extract audio from video to MP3 and WMA for iPod Nano, shuffle, Creative Zen, cell phone and other MP3 players?
If you want to convert video to MP3 or WMA for your portable player such as iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Creative Zen, Zune, cell phone and so on, this software can extract audio tracks from your video to MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, AAC, and M4A etc. supported by these players. After you load your video files, in the main interface, select MP3 or WMA as the output format, and then start conversion. If you want better music quality, you can select a higher audio bit rate and sample rate in the Settings panel.
After the conversion, drag the converted audio files to iTunes library, connect your iPod Nano or iPod shuffle to your computer, click iTunes “File -> Sync iPod”, and click OK. If you don’t have iTunes, you can download it for free from Apple’s official site:
http://www.apple.com/itunes
For PSP, just copy the files to the “Music” folder on your memory stick.
For Zune, just drag and drop the files to your Zune software, and click “start sync”.
Tags: Aimersoft WMV Video Converter, Best Video Converter, Video Converter software, DVD Video Converter
