Step 1: Drop your WMV files using the button above or by deposit and leave.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Receive your converted M4V files.
WMV to M4V Conversion FAQ
Is the WMV to M4V converter free?
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Yes. One conversion an hour is free, with no account needed, for a file within the free size limit. A paid plan removes the hourly limit and the size limit, and lets you add several files to one job.
My WMV footage shows comb lines on movement — will that carry into the M4V?
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Yes. WMV content is often interlaced, because the format comes from the broadcast and DVD era, and this converter has no deinterlace option, so the combing carries into the M4V. If it matters, deinterlace the WMV first in a desktop tool such as HandBrake or ffmpeg (the yadif filter). WMV is Windows Media Video, Microsoft’s ASF-based format from the Windows XP era.
Can I add selectable subtitles once the file is M4V?
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Yes. WMV has no usable soft-subtitle track, so subtitles for WMV content had to be burned into the picture or shipped as a separate sidecar file. M4V carries subtitles as their own selectable stream, so after conversion you can attach an SRT track the viewer can switch on, switch off or restyle. Structurally an M4V is an MP4 — H.264 or HEVC with AAC — with optional Apple FairPlay DRM and iTunes chapter metadata.
Can the M4V hold more than one audio track?
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Yes, and it is a real upgrade over WMV. M4V treats every audio stream as a first-class track, so an original-language mix, a dub and a director commentary can live in one file with the player switching between them on demand. M4V keeps chapter markers, artwork and subtitle tracks in the shape the Apple TV app expects, which plain MP4 often loses.
Does M4V support chapter markers that WMV did not?
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It does. M4V stores chapters as container metadata, so a long recording can be navigated by section instead of by scrubbing a progress bar. WMV has nowhere to put that information, so the converted M4V starts with no chapters; add markers afterwards with a tool such as MKVToolNix or ffmpeg.
Why does my WMV file fail to convert to M4V?
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Almost always DRM. Some WMV files are encrypted at the bitstream level by the store or software that issued them, and an encrypted stream cannot be decoded by us or by anything else without the licence key. Files you recorded, exported or downloaded unprotected convert normally; a licensed purchase will not, and no converter can honestly promise otherwise. WMV is effectively a dead end: macOS, iOS, Android and every browser need third-party decoders, and some WMV files carry DRM that cannot be converted at all.
Is it worth converting old WMV recordings to M4V at all?
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For anything you intend to keep, yes. WMV belongs to an earlier generation of video tooling and the software that reads it is steadily disappearing from phones, browsers and operating systems. Moving the footage to M4V now, while a clean decoder still exists, is the difference between an archive you can open in ten years and one you cannot.
How big a WMV file can I convert to M4V?
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Free conversions have a size limit per file, set by the type of file, and the page tells you when a file is over it. A paid plan removes that limit, so much larger files can be converted.
Can I convert many WMV files to M4V at once?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Does the WMV to M4V converter work on phones and tablets?
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Yes — the UI is responsive and the conversion pipeline runs server-side, so mobile devices upload-then-download just like desktops. iOS and Android browser file pickers (camera roll, Files app) work end-to-end.
