# Video converter **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450 "2016-02-27T01:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/1 "2016-02-27T01:45:27Z")
Does anyone know of a good free video converter? I need to go from MP4 to WMV. I’ve tried a couple, but I keep losing quality. PS - if the mods need to move this that’s cool. I just thought more people would see it here. ---
**Author:** ![imperator381](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imperator381/32/1523_2.png) [@imperator381](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/imperator381)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/2 "2016-02-27T02:43:34Z")
I’ve had good luck with format factory. > **[Freetime software](http://www.pcfreetime.com/)** > > Format Factory, Picosmos Tools, Freetime,audio,video converter,clipper,joiner,spliter,mixer,crop,delogo,video player,screen recorder,video downloader ---
**Author:** ![JO-YO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jo-yo/32/1403_2.png) [@JO-YO](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JO-YO)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/3 "2016-02-27T02:49:59Z")
See one of the problems is Mp4 is a compressed file type WMV is non compressed, so a loss of quality is for the most part inevitable. Good luck finding a software though! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/4 "2016-02-27T05:50:40Z")
> [@JO-YO](#): > > See one of the problems is Mp4 is a compressed file type WMV is non compressed, so a loss of quality is for the most part inevitable. Good luck finding a software though! 😃 Actually .wmv files ARE compressed files. The problem is when converting you have to make sure the bit rates match. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/5 "2016-03-01T12:21:28Z")
Chrome has a free extension that converts video files in case anyone else is looking for something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/6 "2016-03-02T15:15:14Z")
> [@JO-YO](#): > > See one of the problems is Mp4 is a compressed file type WMV is non compressed, so a loss of quality is for the most part inevitable. Good luck finding a software though! 😃 Converting from a compressed format to an uncompressed format wouldn’t cause a loss of quality; that doesn’t really make sense.  You’re going from less information to more information, meaning you wouldn’t necessarily lose information (you still could though, but I’m guessing not). > [@KiLbUcK](#): > > Actually .wmv files ARE compressed files. The problem is when converting you have to make sure the bit rates match. If so, then above argument is moot. [http://ffmpeg.org/](http://ffmpeg.org/) is what I have used in the past to convert video and audio stuff.  It is a command line program with a lot of options that you probably will have to fiddle with before you get exactly what you want, but it has soooo much power it’s ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/7 "2016-03-02T16:31:43Z")
There is a gui for ffmpeg that works nice: [http://www.hecticgeek.com/2013/12/convert-audio-video-ffmpegyag/](http://www.hecticgeek.com/2013/12/convert-audio-video-ffmpegyag/) Available for both windows 7 & 8, and various linux distros in deb or rpm format. The links in the article are for win 8 and debian, but you can google for other variants. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/8 "2016-03-03T03:44:56Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > There is a gui for ffmpeg Banned for suggesting a gui (oops, wrong thread). ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/9 "2016-03-03T04:29:07Z")
> [@Philip](#): > > Banned for suggesting a gui (oops, wrong thread). Silly boy, guis make the world go round… ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/10 "2016-03-03T16:12:53Z")
I’m literally making this post with lynx just for you. I hope you appreciate it because this isn’t easy. ---
**Author:** ![Adhuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Adhuck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adhuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/11 "2016-03-03T21:44:38Z")
Video Lan VLC player might be able to convert from mp4 to WMV. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/12 "2016-03-03T23:42:11Z")
> [@Adhuck](#): > > Video Lan VLC player might be able to convert from mp4 to WMV. I believe that VLC uses the same backend as ffmpeg, so they should be about the same in terms of quality of output. ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/video-converter/79450/13 "2016-03-10T18:30:47Z")
Try: clipconverter.cc Its amazing