What's HD WMV?

Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) is the marketing name for high definition videos encoded using Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 codecs. These low-complexity codecs make it possible to watch high definition movies in 1280x720 (720p) or 1920x1080 (1080p) resolutions on many modern personal computers running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista, although the hardware requirements are steep. Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 video game consoles can also play WMV HD.

How to play HD WMV on Mac OS X?

VLC plays WMV videos but it does not support WMV HD. So if you play HD WMVwith VLC, the audio will be missing.

QuickTime and Flip4Mac can play HD WMV on your Mac.

Windows Media Player 9 for Mac is developed by Microsoft for Mac users to playback both local and streamed WMV and WMA files. It supports WMV 9 codecs. But not all HD WMV encoding with WMV 9 codecs can be played on Mac.

If the video is downloaded from Microsoft's HD WMV Content Showcase, the video's extension will be .exe and it can't be played on Mac. In such cases, you need to extract the .exe file on a PC using WinRAR. When the extraction is done, transfer the HD WMV video to Mac and you can play it with Windows Media Player 9 for Mac or using QuickTime+Flip4Mac.

How to convert HD WMV on Mac?

If you want to convert it for iPad, iPod, iPhone or other portable players, you need this professional yet easy-to-use WMV Video Converter for Mac.

You can download it for free:

• Intel Version

1Drag WMV videos to the program

2Choose output format

This Mac WMV video converter can convert WMV video to all popular video formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Apple TV, MP4 players and MP3 players and so on. If you don't know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to your device's name.

3Start the WMV Conversion on Mac

When you finish the output setting, just click the "Convert" button to start the HD　WMV conversion Mac and let this smart WMV Video Converter for Mac do the rest for you.