How to Convert WMV to c on MAC OS

As the name Windows Media Video (WMV) indicated, WMV is a video format developed by Microsoft and widely used in Windows Platform, natively designed for online transfer and playback as a competitor to RealVideo. Therefore, if you download WMV videos from online and want to burn them with iDVD on Mac, converting WMV to iDVD is indispensable. WMV videos could also be created by the famous Windows Movie Maker from Microsoft. Those WMV videos created in Windows also have to been converted to play or edit on Mac.

The good news is that you only need a general WMV to iDVD Converter for Mac. This video converter for Mac fully support all WMV videos, whatever it's from internet or other software like Windows Movie Maker. Moreover, it can convert all regular video formats like AVI, MKV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, etc. to Mac compatible formats. Below is a the step by step guide to show you how to convert .wmv to .iDVD on Mac OS X.

How to convert WMV to iDVD on Mac

Nowadays, most Mac computers are Intel based. Just free download WMV to iDVD Converter for Mac Intel version if your Mac computer's processor manufactured by Intel. Meanwhile, PowerPC users could also convert WMV to iDVD with the PowerPC version. By the way, maybe it's time to upgrade your Mac because Apple will provide less support for that, even the iLife'11 is not compatible with PowerPC Mac.

Download Video Converter for Mac (Intel version) Download Video Converter for Mac (PowerPC version)

Supported Apple OS: MAC OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS Lion, Unibody Macbook, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and PC with Mac OS X.

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).

Step 1: Add WMV video files to Mac WMV to iDVD Converter

Click File -> Add Video Files to add WMV video files to the wmv to iDVD mac converter. This WMV video converter for Mac supports drag-drop and batch conversion, so you can import and convert several multimedia files at a time.

Step 2: Select output format as iDVD

Click image button at right of each video item, set output file name and choose iDVD as output format from Format list.The Mac WMV to iDVD converter includes 100+ preset profiles for your most convenience to convert WMV to any video format as you want.

Step 3: Change iDVD Video and audio Settings

You can change the Resolution, Codec, Bit rate and Frame rate of the iDVD video and Sample Rate and Bit Rate of the iDVD Audio. The size of the iDVD file depends a lot on these settings.

Step 4: Select output directory

Click Video Converter -> Preference -> Output from main menu to select an output directory.

Step 5: Click 'Start' to convert WMV to iDVD on Mac

After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert .wmv to iDVD .mp4 file on Mac OS X. If you want to trim, crop and more editing, please go to how to trim, crop and merge iDVD videos on Mac.

More about how to burn WMV to DVD
iDVD is the free DVD burner on Mac, which comes with every new Mac computer but bundles as part of the iLife suite from Apple. iDVD is comparable to Windows DVD Maker (also free DVD burning software) from Microsoft. The WMV videos are usually generated in Windows Platform. To use it on Mac platform or just for iDVD, you need to convert WMV to MP4 or MOV with WMV to iDVD Converter for Mac. If you have a PC, you can burn WMV to DVD with Windows DVD Maker (Vista or 7) without a problem.