WMV to DVD Ripping and Converting Method Explained

WMV (Windows Media Video) files are files which can be played on Microsofts Windows Media Player. WMV is essentially a set of video codecs developed by Microsoft for integrating a media framework along with its Windows operating system.

Also to be noted is the fact that WMV files are the most commonly used files which are DRM ( Digital Rights Management ) protected. Which is not surprising, given Microsofts track record of protecting their content and providing support to clients and users for further protection.

A Digital Video Disc, more commonly known as a DVD, is capable of holding large amounts of data including high quality video. Versioned Object Base, known as VOB, is the file format of a DVD.

The complexity of the VOB file format is far too great to explain in this article, but the DVD format is essentially powered by a VOB file. Compact Discs, best known as CDs, are quickly being made obsolete by both DVD and BluRay media discs so it’s no wonder it’s becoming more and more popular to convert WMV format to DVD.

Streaming video on the internet is a business fraught with copyrights violations and rampant file-sharing. Its highly likely that video downloaded from the internet will be in .wmv format. And if you want to put together a DVD as a collection of all your WMV files, you need a WMV to DVD converter.

This would likely involve unlocking the DRM protection, and then burning the unprotected WMV files onto a DVD using a DVD authoring tool. Needless to say, it would be nifty if you had a tool which included both functions, i.e. unlocking DRM locked WMV files and then burning them onto a DVD.

Aplus WMV DVD Converter can do just that, converting footage to MPEG Layer 2 Video before burning it quickly to a DVD.

I am hoping that this article has been a help and use to you.