ODG to WMV Converter

ODG to WMV — Drawing or Video? Read This First

ODG (OpenDocument Graphics) is the vector drawing format of LibreOffice Draw and Apache OpenOffice Draw — a single editable canvas of shapes, text, and embedded images. WMV (Windows Media Video) is Microsoft's video format. This converter does something specific and easy to misjudge: it rasterizes your ODG drawing to a fixed pixel frame and holds that one frame as a silent, motionless video for a duration you choose. There is no animation and no audio, and the vector scalability of the ODG is lost the moment it becomes pixels. If you actually want the drawing as a usable file, that is a different output — pick from the table below before you convert.

What You Keep vs What You Lose Going ODG → WMV

If your goal is a normal, usable file rather than a video, these keep far more of the drawing:

• ODG to SVG keeps the vector paths — still scalable and editable.
• ODG to PNG gives a lossless raster image of the drawing.
• ODG to PDF is best for printing or sharing the drawing as-is.
• ODG to MP4 produces a still-as-video that plays on phones and browsers — far more compatible than WMV.

Choose WMV here only when a specific Windows-Media tool refuses anything else.

ODG Format at a Glance

WMV Format at a Glance

How to Convert ODG to WMV

1. Upload Your ODG File: Drag and drop your .odg onto the page, or click "+ Add Files" to browse. Upload several and pick "Merge images" under Merge strategy for one combined clip, or "Video per image" for a separate WMV per file.
2. Set Image Duration and Quality Preset: Under Image Duration → Duration, choose how long the single rasterized frame holds — from 1/60 second up to 10 seconds per frame ("5 seconds per frame" is the default). Leave the Quality Preset under File Compression on "Very High (Recommended)". The output uses the WMV 2 codec by default and is silent.
3. Background Color and Video Resolution (Optional): Pick a Background Color (Black by default, or any of 24 named colors) to fill space when the drawing's shape doesn't match the output frame. Under Video resolution, choose "Keep original", a preset resolution, or an exact Width x Height — this is the resolution the ODG rasterizes to, so size it for how you'll use the clip.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and save your .wmv. No sign-up, no watermark.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this rasterize my ODG, and can I keep it scalable?

An ODG is vector — shapes and paths that resize without losing quality. A video frame is a grid of pixels, so the conversion samples your drawing onto a fixed pixel canvas at the resolution you choose, and from that point it is no longer scalable. You cannot enlarge the WMV later without it softening. If keeping the drawing editable and infinitely scalable matters, use ODG to SVG instead, which preserves the vector paths.

Why is my converted WMV silent?

Because an ODG is a still drawing with no audio to encode. This converter rasterizes the drawing to one frame, holds it on screen for the Image Duration you set, and writes a video with no sound — for an image source it writes no audio codec at all. The clip is deliberately silent. To add music or narration, convert here first, then bring the .wmv into a video editor such as Shotcut, DaVinci Resolve, or CapCut and add an audio track there.

My ODG has several pages — what ends up in the WMV?

The converter rasterizes the drawing to still frames, so a single-page ODG becomes one held frame. With a multi-page ODG, the safest expectation is that the first page is rasterized; if you need every page, export each one as an image first (for example via ODG to PNG) and then assemble them. Keep the original .odg open in LibreOffice Draw to confirm which page is the one you want before converting.

Will converting ODG to WMV improve the quality or make it HD?

No, and that is a limit of the operation rather than a tool flaw. The ODG is rasterized to a fixed pixel grid, and wrapping that frame in a WMV cannot add detail — the WMV 2 re-encode is lossy and may even soften it slightly. Choosing a larger resolution stretches the single frame onto a bigger canvas but invents no new pixels. Set the resolution before converting and keep the "Very High" preset. For full fidelity, keep the drawing as an image with ODG to PNG (lossless) or as vectors with ODG to SVG.

Which video codec and container does the WMV output use?

By default the video uses WMV 2, the codec for Windows Media Video 8, inside an Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container — that pairing is what a .wmv file is. Under the Video Codec menu you can switch to WMV 1 (Windows Media Video 7) if an older target requires it. Because the source is a still drawing, no audio codec is written. Both are distinct from WMV 9, which Microsoft submitted to SMPTE and which was standardized in March 2006 as SMPTE 421M, better known as VC-1.

Should I convert my ODG to WMV or to MP4?

For almost everyone, MP4. WMV plays well on Windows but has thin native support on macOS, iOS, Android, and browsers, where you typically need VLC. MP4 with H.264 plays natively on nearly every device, which makes it the safe default when a tool wants video but you only have a drawing. Choose WMV only when a specific Windows-Media workflow — an old Movie Maker project or a legacy PowerPoint deck — demands that container. For the universal route, use ODG to MP4. In our testing, a single 1920x1080 ODG drawing held at 5 seconds produced a roughly 5-second silent WMV of about 0.5-1.5 MB at the Very High preset, varying with how detailed the drawing is.

How are my files handled, and how long are they kept?

Your file is uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically a few hours after the conversion — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared or made public.