TIFF to WTV Converter

How to Convert TIFF to WTV Online

1. Upload Your TIFF Files: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to select one or more .tiff / .tif images. Batch is supported, so you can build a single slideshow from many stills.
2. Set Merge Strategy and Image Duration: Pick "Merge images" to combine every TIFF into one WTV slideshow, or "Video per image" to output one short WTV per file. Set Duration (default 5 seconds per frame) — common picks are 3, 5, or 10 seconds. Background Color (default Black) fills the canvas around portrait or non-16:9 stills.
3. Choose File Compression and Resolution (Optional): Under File Compression, pick a Quality Preset (Constant Quality is the standard pick; Constraint Quality caps bitrate) and a Preset level (Very High is the default; Highest for archival, Medium for smaller files). Leave Video Resolution on "Keep original" or switch to "Fixed Resolutions" for 720p / 1080p / 1440p / 2160p output sized to fit a Media Center library.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert". TIFF images are decoded, scaled, and muxed into a WMV2 / WMA video stream inside the WTV container — the same container Windows Media Center recorded TV to. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared.

Why Convert TIFF to WTV?

TIFF is the de-facto print and archival image format — multi-page support, lossless compression (LZW, Deflate, ZSTD), 16-bit-per-channel color, and embedded ICC profiles. WTV (Windows Recorded TV) is Microsoft's container for Windows Media Center recordings, introduced with the Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 for Vista and shipped in every Windows 7 edition above Home Basic. It carries MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 video with MPEG-1 Layer II or Dolby AC-3 audio, plus EPG metadata. Rendering a stack of TIFFs into a WTV slideshow lets you drop the result straight into the "Recorded TV" library on a still-running Media Center PC.

• Keep a legacy Media Center PC useful — Windows 7 boxes wired to a TV still run Media Center fine; a WTV slideshow appears under Recorded TV next to actual broadcasts, so a family photo set plays through the 10-foot UI with the same remote-control navigation.
• Display scanned archives on a Ceton or HDHomeRun setup — many cord-cutters kept Windows Media Center alive after 2015 by pairing it with Ceton InfiniTV or SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners; WTV is the native format those rigs index.
• Showcase architectural or product TIFFs as a kiosk loop — high-resolution TIFFs from scanners or product photography render to 1080p WTV that loops indefinitely in Media Center's slideshow mode, no PowerPoint or browser tab required.
• Build a screensaver out of medical or scientific TIFFs — radiology and microscopy outputs are commonly delivered as 16-bit TIFF; converting batches to WTV gives a single timeline file rather than a folder full of .tif to point a viewer at.
• Convert multi-page TIFFs into a paged walkthrough — each page becomes its own frame at the duration you choose, useful for scanned manuscripts, blueprints, or scanned books destined for a TV-attached PC.
• Round-trip into something modern — once it's a WTV, the same source can be re-encoded into MP4 / MKV / WMV with VLC or HandBrake to play on Windows 10/11, Plex, or smart TVs that dropped WTV support.

TIFF vs WTV — Format Comparison

Quality Preset Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Why would anyone convert TIFF to WTV in 2026?

The honest answer: only if you still run Windows Media Center. Microsoft discontinued Media Center with Windows 10 in 2015 and ended the Electronic Program Guide service on January 14, 2020. The format hangs on in two communities — Windows 7 home-theater PCs that never upgraded, and Ceton InfiniTV / SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuner rigs whose owners kept Media Center alive after support ended. For either of those, a WTV slideshow shows up under "Recorded TV" alongside actual broadcasts, which is the only way to make a stack of stills feel native to the 10-foot UI.

Will the output play on Windows 10 or Windows 11?

Not in the default Photos app or Movies & TV — Microsoft removed Media Center entirely when upgrading to Windows 10. VLC Media Player does play WTV files cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux), so the slideshow will open in VLC, but it will not appear in any built-in Windows 10/11 media library. If you want modern playback, convert your TIFFs to MP4 instead (see TIFF to MP4) or take the WTV output and re-encode it with HandBrake or VLC.

What codec does the WTV file actually use?

WTV is a container, not a codec. The xconvert pipeline writes Windows Media Video 2 (WMV2) for video and Windows Media Audio (WMAV2) for the silent audio track inside the .wtv wrapper. Microsoft's WTV spec accepts MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video with MPEG-1 Layer II or Dolby AC-3 audio — WMV2 is a valid MPEG-4-family choice that Windows Media Center and VLC both decode without extra codecs.

Why is my output silent?

TIFF is an image format with no audio. The encoder still has to write an audio track because Media Center expects one for recorded-TV files, but it is a silent placeholder. If you need a soundtrack, render the slideshow first, then mux audio in with VLC's "Convert / Save → audio track" option or in a video editor.

How long does each TIFF stay on screen?

Whatever you set the Duration to in step 2. The default is 5 seconds per frame; the dropdown offers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 seconds. A 60-image batch at the 5-second default produces a 5-minute WTV. There is no built-in crossfade — each frame cuts straight to the next.

Does it handle multi-page TIFFs?

Yes. Multi-page .tif files (common from document scanners and some medical-imaging exports) are split into individual frames during decode, and each page becomes a frame in the WTV timeline at the duration you chose. A 50-page scanned manuscript at 5 seconds per page produces a ~4-minute walkthrough.

What happens to TIFFs that aren't 16:9?

They are letterboxed or pillarboxed against the Background Color you picked (default Black). If you choose "Keep original" for resolution, output sizing follows the largest TIFF in the batch. If you pick a Fixed Resolution like 1080p (1920×1080), each TIFF is scaled to fit inside that canvas with aspect ratio preserved, and the remaining area is filled with the background color.

Can I convert in the reverse direction (WTV back to images)?

Yes, but it's a video-to-image extraction, not a single tool. The closest reverse on xconvert is WTV to MP4 for the container conversion; from MP4 you can pull individual frames with VLC's "Take Snapshot" or ffmpeg -i input.mp4 frame_%04d.tif. There isn't a clean direct WTV-to-TIFF path because each second of WTV holds 25–30 frames and dumping them all rarely matches what users actually want.

Is there a file size or count limit?

Each file goes up to 1 GB on the free tier, and you can upload several TIFFs at once. For a typical slideshow that's hundreds of high-resolution stills — well past what a Media Center remote could comfortably navigate. If you'd rather output a more universal format from the same source, TIFF to GIF and TIFF to MP4 use the same upload UI with different downstream encoders.