Convert WMV to DVD

What is WMV?

To start with there is need for the WMV and DVD terms to be simplified and be well elaborated. WMV stands for Windows Media Video and was originally designed to be used for streaming video by Microsoft. WMV is compatible with all current window media players as well as other media players like the Winamp, DivX and VLC.

The newest version of the WMV on market now is the WMV9 which has a high quality compression. WMV files end with extensions WMV and are mostly used and popular on the web. It is a common occurrence to find music videos, full length motion pictures and TV shows in the WMV format.

What you need to turn WMV to DVD

One should note that the DVD optical drive which has a write technology (DVD W or RW) is required to make WMV to DVD possible. The market has various types of DVD media today and some optical drives only works with a single type. But good news is that the availability of DVD authoring software can easily burn WMV files to a DVD for later viewing. Apart from the authoring software, Nero6 Vision Express, Xilsoft Video Converter, WinX DVD Author and Easy WMV burner software’s can burn a WMV file to a DVD. Some of these products are freeware while some are shareware as well as other demanding outright purchase before you can use them.

WMV to DVD

Due to the similarity of most of the DVD authoring products, it is very easy no matter the type and kind of product you are using to burn WMV to DVD you only need to follow the following easy steps to success.

• Launch the burning software: since the DVD authoring software’s also are capable of burning files to a CD Rom , there is need to first launch the software and click on burn data or make copy of DVD.

• Then load your source File: In this case the source file is the WMV file, if the file is already in the DVD or CD ROM, just insert it into the drive and wait for the hard disk to detect it then select it.

• Select format and destination: In this case the destination is the DVD drive, you should also note that some products come with capability to change the video files into other types like the WMV or VOB and so many other forms. But since the WMV file is still supposed to be kept the same, there is no need to change the format.

• Select the quality and speed of file: This option gives the time and capability to choose the speed and quality of the WMV you would like to burn. Some optical drives will burn up to a speed of about 52× which is a bit faster while others are much slower. But if you have the time and patience you can choose the 10× or 12× which will usually ensure the burn is of high quality though it is slower

• Burn the DVD: Once you have done the selection and you are convinced that you are right, click the burn button and most definitely the burning process will start. If the WMV was a larger file it might takes as long as 10 minutes which also depends on the speed of burning you selected. After the burning process is over the software will notify you by either ejecting the disc or popping up a message.

• Make sure the burning process was smooth: You can do this by playing the file using  your Windows Media Player and the WMV files from the new DVD source, if the burning was successful, it will play hence that shows that the burning process was successful

Windows media video is created and launched by Microsoft and is mostly used in high definition digital video disc as well as blue ray disc. Other features related to this format are the WMV image and WMV screen and the files can be stored or retrieved in ASF container format. The WMV are just useful as they can be played in any media player just like said earlier .Hence to make sure you maximize the use of this special file format you need to pay a lot of keenness and patience in following the above steps to make WMV to DVD