WMV to DivX Converter

How to Convert WMV to DivX Online

1. Upload Your WMV Files: Drag and drop one or more .wmv files (or click "Add Files" to pick from disk). Batch is supported — convert a whole folder of Windows Media clips in one pass.
2. Pick a Quality Preset: The default is Very High (Recommended). Choose Highest for archival masters, High/Medium for general playback on a DivX-certified DVD player, or Low/Very Low when you need a 2-hour movie to fit on a single 700 MB CD-R or 4.7 GB data DVD. Power users can switch to Constant Bitrate, Variable Bitrate, Constant Quality, or Constraint Quality under File Compression for direct bitrate or quality-factor control.
3. Set Resolution and Trim (Optional): Under Video Resolution, keep original, scale by Resolution Percentage, pick a Preset Resolution (144p through 4320p), or type an exact Width x Height. To stay inside the standard DivX Home Theater profile that most certified players support, cap output at 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL). Use Time Range under Trim to extract a specific segment by start time and duration in HH:MM:SS.sss.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Output uses the DivX (MPEG-4 Part 2) video codec and MP3 audio by default — both are required by most DivX-certified DVD players. files are processed on our servers and deleted automatically after a few hours: no sign-up, no watermark, no sign-up.

Why Convert WMV to DivX?

WMV (Windows Media Video) is Microsoft's video codec family, introduced with WMV 7 in 1999 and frozen at WMV 9, which was later standardized by SMPTE in 2006 as VC-1. It plays natively on Windows but is poorly supported on standalone DVD players, in-car head units, and older smart-TV media browsers. DivX is an MPEG-4 Part 2 (Advanced Simple Profile) codec wrapped in an .avi-style container that powered roughly two decades of "burn a movie to a CD or data DVD" home video. Tens of millions of DivX-certified DVD players, set-top boxes, and TVs were shipped between 2003 and 2015, and many are still in service in living rooms, hotels, RVs, and classrooms. Converting WMV to DivX is the simplest way to get those clips onto hardware that pre-dates USB streaming.

• Aging DivX-certified DVD players — A logo-certified player will read DivX-encoded .avi files burned to a data CD or DVD, but won't touch a .wmv. The WMV-to-DivX trip puts your old camcorder footage and family rips onto disc-only players.
• In-car DVD and rear-seat entertainment — Car head units from Pioneer, Kenwood, JVC, and Alpine shipped with DivX support throughout the late 2000s; most do not decode WMV. Convert before burning a road-trip disc.
• DivX 720x480 / 720x576 cap — The Home Theater certification profile maxes out at standard-definition (NTSC 720x480 or PAL 720x576) and ~4 Mbps average bitrate. Down-rezzing HD WMV to that envelope is the difference between a clean playback and a "format not supported" message.
• MP3 audio requirement — Many older DivX players reject AC-3 or WMA audio tracks; MP3 is the safe default. xconvert outputs MP3 audio for DivX by default, sparing you a second mux step.
• Library consistency — If you have a years-old DivX library on a NAS or external drive, ripping new WMV captures into the same codec keeps Plex, Kodi, and Synology Video Station thumbnails and metadata behaving the same way.
• Cross-platform fallback — VLC plays both formats on every desktop OS, but DivX .avi is the lingua franca for embedded hardware where VLC isn't an option.

WMV vs DivX — Format Comparison

DivX Quality Preset Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my old DivX-certified DVD player actually play the output?

If the player carries the official DivX logo and you stay within the Home Theater profile (720x480 / 720x576, MP3 audio, average bitrate at or below ~4 Mbps), yes. Older players sometimes also reject Quarter-Pixel Motion Compensation (QPel) and Global Motion Compensation (GMC), which are MPEG-4 ASP optional tools — xconvert's default DivX preset does not enable them, so the output is conservative and broadly compatible.

Why does my converted file end in .avi instead of .divx?

DivX is a video codec, not a container. The DivX certification was always for AVI files containing a DivX-coded video stream plus MP3 (or, on later profiles, AC-3) audio. Many tools save them with .avi, some with .divx — both are the same wrapper. Renaming the extension does not change compatibility.

Should I pick DivX or Xvid for an old DVD player?

Both are MPEG-4 ASP, and most DivX-certified players also play Xvid-coded AVIs. DivX is proprietary; Xvid is the open-source counterpart. For a logo-certified player, DivX is the safest choice; for a no-name "MPEG-4 compatible" player, Xvid sometimes plays where DivX won't because the player tolerates a wider range of encoder quirks. If one fails, try the other. xconvert can output either codec.

Can I convert HD WMV (1080p) directly to DivX HD?

Yes, xconvert will encode at any resolution you set, but standalone DivX-certified DVD players only handle the Home Theater profile (SD). DivX HD 720p and DivX Plus HD 1080p existed as later certifications but very few DVD players implemented them — those profiles mostly shipped on dedicated Blu-ray and media-streamer hardware. If your target is a 2005-2012 DVD player, downscale to 720x480 or 720x576.

Why is the DivX file sometimes larger than the source WMV?

WMV 9 / VC-1 is a more modern codec than MPEG-4 ASP and compresses tighter at the same visual quality. Re-encoding HD WMV to DivX at high quality can grow the file. To shrink output, lower the quality preset, drop the resolution to SD, or set a target bitrate near 1500-2000 kbps.

Will Windows Media DRM survive the conversion?

No — and that's expected. xconvert decodes the WMV stream through FFmpeg, which cannot read protected (DRM-licensed) ASF files. If your .wmv is a purchased download from a service that wrapped it in PlaysForSure or Janus DRM, the conversion will fail with a decode error. Only DRM-free WMVs (camcorder captures, screen recordings, your own exports) will convert.

Is there a file size limit?

xconvert processes files on our servers, so the practical ceiling is upload size, connection speed, and the server-side upload cap. Multi-gigabyte WMV captures from older Windows screen recorders convert fine on a modern laptop. For very large batches, convert in chunks of a few files at a time so the browser tab stays responsive.

Do I need to install DivX Player to play the result?

Not on a desktop. VLC plays DivX/Xvid AVIs out of the box on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The standalone DivX Player is still maintained and free if you want native trick-play and DivX-specific menu support. The output is also accepted by most generic media players (MPC-HC, mpv, PotPlayer) and by Kodi, Plex, and Jellyfin.

Looking for the reverse direction or different output?

For the opposite conversion, see DivX to WMV — though for modern playback you're usually better off going to MP4. If your goal is universal compatibility rather than legacy-DVD-player support, WMV to MP4 (H.264 + AAC) plays everywhere from iPhones to smart TVs. To stay in the MPEG-4 ASP family but use the open-source codec, try WMV to Xvid. And if your DivX file is already converted but too large for disc, Compress DivX tightens it without re-muxing the audio.