Convert WMV to TS (MPEG-TS) Online
Convert corporate WMV videos and Windows presentations to MPEG Transport Stream for broadcast and IPTV, free, in your browser.
.wmv · up to 100 MB
What it's for
Corporate WMV to TS: from Windows Media to IPTV and broadcast
VC-1/WMV3 to H.264 in TS
Re-encoding from proprietary Windows codecs to broadcast-standard H.264, compatible with all IPTV infrastructure.
Digital signage and corporate IPTV
PowerPoint presentations and WMV training materials ready for distribution on Scala, Xibo, and BrightSign systems.
Video asset modernisation
Rescue your Windows corporate video archive and bring it to modern broadcast distribution infrastructures.
No servers, 100% private
Your corporate WMVs are processed locally. No uploads to external servers, no data leakage risk.
How it works
Three steps, no hassle
Upload your WMV file
Drag or select the .wmv from corporate presentations, training materials, or Windows archive. Up to 500 MB, no signup.
WMV to TS conversion in the browser
FFmpeg.wasm re-encodes VC-1/WMV3 to H.264 and WMA to AAC, packaging into 188-byte MPEG-TS. No uploads.
Download the TS for IPTV or broadcast
Transport stream ready for corporate IPTV distribution, digital signage, or broadcast encoder ingest.
FAQ
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WMV (Windows Media Video) is Microsoft's proprietary video format, introduced in 2000 as part of the Windows Media ecosystem. Its main codecs are WMV3 (also known as VC-1 Simple/Main Profile, published in 2003 and standardised by SMPTE in 2006) and WMV9 (the high-profile variant). Although VC-1 was standardised and theoretically supported in some MPEG-TS profiles (Annex M of the VC-1 standard), in practice IPTV servers, hardware IPTV players, and broadcast encoders implement exclusive support for H.264 and H.265 in TS. TVHeadend, the reference IPTV server on Linux, does not support VC-1 in TS. MAG and Formuler players don't either. WMV-to-TS conversion with re-encoding to H.264 is the solution for integrating Windows corporate video into modern IPTV infrastructures.
VC-1 and H.264 are codecs of similar generation (both published between 2003 and 2006) with comparable compression efficiency. Re-encoding VC-1 to H.264 at CRF 23 produces a file of similar size to the original WMV, with equivalent visual quality. For typical corporate video (recorded PowerPoint presentations, training videos, internal communication videos), quality at CRF 23 is more than adequate. Typical WMV corporate resolutions (1280×720 or 1920×1080 HD) are maintained unchanged in the resulting TS. If the original WMV was encoded at a low bitrate (e.g., low-quality intranet videos), re-encoding to H.264 cannot recover quality that doesn't exist in the source.
WMA (Windows Media Audio) is Microsoft's proprietary audio codec that typically accompanies WMV files. Like VC-1, WMA is not supported in standard MPEG-TS profiles. FFmpeg.wasm re-encodes WMA to AAC-LC 192 kbps for universal IPTV and broadcast compatibility. For WMV files with high-quality audio (WMA Pro or WMA Lossless), re-encoding to AAC-LC 192 kbps may introduce a small perceptual loss, but adequate for IPTV distribution. If the WMV has AC-3 audio (uncommon but possible in professionally produced WMV files), stream copy is used without re-encoding.
Yes, it's one of the most frequent corporate use cases. Microsoft PowerPoint (from Office 2010 onwards) allows exporting presentations as WMV files with audio narration and animations. Many organisations have training, tutorial, and internal communication libraries in WMV exported from PowerPoint. If you want to distribute this content through a digital signage system or an internal corporate IPTV channel, you need to convert to TS. WMV-to-TS conversion for digital signage and corporate IPTV is the standard workflow for modernising Windows corporate video assets to current distribution infrastructures.
No. WMV files with DRM protection (Windows Media DRM, also known as PlayReady in newer versions) have their video content encrypted and cannot be processed by FFmpeg or any conversion tool without the decryption keys. This tool only works with DRM-free WMV. Corporate WMV files created internally (PowerPoint exports, Camtasia recordings, Windows screencasts) generally don't have DRM. WMV files downloaded from paid video services or with distribution protection may have DRM.
Yes. Modern digital signage systems such as Scala, Xibo, Screenly, and BrightSign use MPEG-TS as one of the supported video formats for display playback. WMV-to-TS conversion is the standard workflow for bringing recorded corporate PowerPoint presentations (in WMV) to digital signage displays (such as in meeting rooms, office reception areas, or customer information systems). The TS with H.264+AAC produced by this tool is compatible with all current enterprise-level digital signage systems.
Convert WMV to TS: Windows corporate video for broadcast, IPTV and digital signage
Windows Media Video (WMV) was for over a decade the standard video format in Windows corporate environments. PowerPoint presentations exported as video (a feature available from Office 2010 onwards), corporate training materials created with Camtasia and Adobe Captivate, internal communication videos, and technical tutorials generated between 2003 and 2018 in Microsoft environments were massively stored in WMV using the VC-1 (WMV3, SMPTE 421M) and WMV9 codecs. This corporate video archive remains valuable from a content perspective, but is completely incompatible with current IPTV and broadcast infrastructure. Modern IPTV servers such as TVHeadend, next-generation digital signage systems like BrightSign, Scala, and Xibo, and professional broadcast encoders do not process VC-1 in TS. The DVB standard (ETSI EN 300 468) and the IPTV profiles implemented by current hardware players (MAG Box, Formuler Z8, Android IPTV boxes with Kodi or IPTV Smarters) require H.264 or H.265 in MPEG-TS as the only valid video format. Although VC-1 was technically included as an optional codec in an amendment to the MPEG-TS standard (Annex M of the SMPTE VC-1 standard), in practice no IPTV hardware manufacturer or streaming server implements it. WMV-to-TS conversion with re-encoding to H.264 is therefore the modernisation process needed to rescue Windows corporate video assets and effectively distribute them through IPTV channels and current digital signage systems. This conversion need particularly affects organisations that have maintained their video assets in Windows Media format for over a decade and now need to modernise their video distribution infrastructure to IP-based systems and digital signage platforms that have standardised on H.264/MPEG-TS.
The technical conversion of WMV to MPEG-TS involves re-encoding both video and audio, since Microsoft's proprietary codecs (VC-1 for video, WMA for audio) are not supported in standard DVB broadcast MPEG-TS profiles. For video, VC-1 (the third-generation WMV codec, standardised by SMPTE in 2006 as SMPTE 421M) has compression efficiency comparable to H.264, both designed in the same era — between 2003 and 2006 — with similar technical goals for HD video compression. Re-encoding VC-1 to H.264 at CRF 23 produces a TS of equivalent size and visual quality to the original WMV, with the decisive advantage of universal compatibility with all IPTV and broadcast infrastructure. HD resolutions (1280×720, 1920×1080) common in modern corporate WMV are fully preserved in the resulting TS without any resolution loss. For audio, WMA (Windows Media Audio), in its variants WMA Standard, WMA Pro (high fidelity), and WMA Lossless (lossless), none of which are supported in standard MPEG-TS profiles, is re-encoded by FFmpeg.wasm to AAC-LC 192 kbps, the audio standard for digital IPTV and broadcast, guaranteeing compatibility with all IPTV players, smart TVs, and digital signage systems. For WMA Lossless, re-encoding to AAC-LC introduces loss, but the result is fully adequate for IPTV distribution. The output TS uses H.264 High Profile Level 4.1 for maximum compatibility across all generations of IPTV players. The PAT and PMT tables include the correct stream type descriptors (stream_type 0x1B for H.264, 0x0F for AAC), enabling any IPTV receiver to identify and decode the streams correctly without parsing errors. For multi-channel WMA audio (surround sound in WMV files from Camtasia or Media Encoder), the downmix to stereo AAC is handled automatically.
Convertir.ai executes WMV-to-MPEG-TS conversion entirely in the browser via FFmpeg.wasm, without uploading files to any external server. This is especially relevant for corporate video that may contain confidential information: presentations with financial data, proprietary training materials, internal meeting recordings, HR communications. The 100% local processing guarantees that content never leaves the user's device, complying with corporate data security policies without compromising privacy. The resulting TS uses the standard 188-byte-per-packet structure with correctly formed PAT and PMT tables, and is compatible with TVHeadend for internal corporate IPTV channels, BrightSign and Scala for digital signage on office, reception, and meeting room displays, Kodi with IPTV Simple for local network distribution, professional broadcast encoders from Harmonic and Elemental for DVB distribution, and Plex and Jellyfin for corporate video libraries. For corporate communications departments, training managers, and digital asset managers who need to modernise their Windows video library for distribution through current IPTV and digital signage infrastructures, this tool offers the necessary conversion with complete privacy and without installing any additional software. Local processing automatically complies with corporate data retention and classification policies (GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA), since video files never leave the user's device and no conversion records are stored on any external server. No account registration is required, there are no usage limits, and the tool works offline once the page has loaded — making it suitable for corporate environments with strict outbound network restrictions where cloud conversion services cannot be used. The resulting TS file can be immediately validated in VLC or TSReader before ingest into the target IPTV or digital signage system, completing the modernisation workflow in minutes per file.