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convert wmv to mp4 on Mac


WMV is not achievable for Mac users, especially who have apple devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone etc. While WMV is a quite hot video format developed by Microsoft, it is not compatible with Apple products. So to edit WMV files or to import them to iTunes or other Apple stuffs, Apple consumers have to convert WMV to the formats Apple supports.

What's MP4

MP4 refers to MPEG-4 Part 14 or *.mp4, is a file format (also called container) specified as a part of the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 international standard. It is used to store media types defined by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group, and can be used to store other media types as well. Generally speaking, MP4 is most commonly used to store digital audio and digital video streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images.
This article introduces the way to play WMV files on iPad, iPod, iPhone and other Apple stuffs. And take MP4 as the example output formats for MP4 is widely supported by Apple.
For the very beginning, you need a professional WMV to MP4 video converter for mac, which have excellent output quality and fast conversion speed.
Step 1, Add WMV/MP4 video files to Mac WMV/MP4 Converter
Click the "Add Files" button to add .wmv or .mp4 video files to the wmv to mp4 mac converter. This WMV video converter for Mac supports drag-drop and batch conversion, so you can import and convert several multimedia files at a time.
Step 2, Select output format as MP4 or WMV
Use the “format” on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the right of the "Format" label to get format drop-down menu. Select "MP4 AVC(*.mp4)", "WMV - Windows Media Video(*.wmv)" as the output format.
Step 3, Change Video Settings
You can change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the output video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the Audio. The size of the MP4/WMV file depends a lot on these settings.
Step 4, Select output directory
Expand the "Output" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.
Step 5, Click 'Start' to convert WMV and MP4 on Mac
After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert .wmv to .mp4 file on Mac OS X.