How to convert MSWMM to AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP3 format or burn to DVD?

When we're Windows Movie Maker, it is possible we mistakenly saved our video as an MSWMM file with "Save Project", instead of a WMV or AVI file with "Save Movie File" (Windows XP) or "Publish Movie" (Vista). So what can we do if we want to convert MSWMM to AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP3, or even we want to burn MSWMM to DVD disc?

Don't worry, in this page I'll introduce a Video Converter which even be a video to DVD burner with it you can convert your MSWMM file to whatever format you want.

Step 1. Get WMV video from MSWMM file using Windows Movie Maker

We have known that MSWMM is not a video file so it can not be opened as a normal video format. It is a Movie Maker project file more like a record file. So we need to convert the MSWMM file to WMV format in your Windows Movie Maker.

Open your Windows Movie Maker, Click "File -> Open Project Project... " to open your MSWMM file. Navigate to the "Movie Tasks" pane, click "Finish Movie" and then click "Save to my computer". And get the mswmm file be saved in WMV(Windows Media Video) format.

Step 2. Convert WMV to AVI MPEG MOV MP3 DVD with AVS Video Converter

OK! You've gotten your WMV from MSWMM file only with your WMM. Now you need a shareware application to accomplish the WMV to other video format conversion progress - AVS Video Converter

1. AVS Video Converter can not only help you convert WMV to AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP3 media formats, but also helps burning WMV to DVD with simple operation. OK, NOW Download AVS Video Converter, double click the .exe file and run it on your computer.

2. Click "Browse" button to load the WMV files you just get from MSWMM file. You can see your file can be converted to AVI, MP4, MPG, WMV, FLV video formats, or even can be burned to Blu-ray DVD. Click your target video format by single mouseclick.

wmv to avi mpeg mov video

3. Edit WMV video before converting. Click "Edit" then open the edition windows. You can cut unnecessary scenes; Apply audio and video effect; Add chapters; create a menu for your movie; customize it by adding a background music or media.

edit wmv video

4. Converting WMV video by hitting on Convert Now button.

wmv movie conversion

The conversion complete, and come up a screenshot as the following. You can choose to open the output folder to preview the converted video, or upload the converted media files to video-sharing website, or just close.

upload video

After converting MOV to WMV, you can upload it to video-sharing website like YouTube, Facebook.

Tips: Burn WMV to DVD: If you chose to burn WMV to DVD, another windows come up to indicate you burn the video to disc, like the following:

burn wmv to dvd

burning progress

Insert a blank DVD into your computer optical disc drive. Click the Start Burning! button to begin burning progress.

For Mac users, you can do this job by using a Mac WMV Converter!