How to Compress WMV Files Easily on Windows

A WMV video that takes up ample space on computers or portable devices (like iPhone, iPod, PSP, etc.), which might prevent you from sharing or uploading to social networks. And the commonly-used WMV compressor like WinRAR or WinZip does not create new media in a compact format but compresses video size a little. Taking all into consideration, you need a professional yet easy-to-master compressor tool to compress the WMV video in a flash.

• Part 1. How to Compress WMV Video Files on Windows

• Part 2. Compress a WMV File with other 2 Compressors

• Part 3. External Knowledge for Video Compression

Part 1. How to Compress WMV Video Files on Windows

Here we'd like to highly recommend iShareSoftware WMV Compressor, the best all-in-one WMV video compression software available in the market to shrink WMV files easily and quickly. It not only provides various ways for video compression like trimming video, adjusting video parameters, etc. but enables you to convert WMV to FLV, WMV, and other 1,000+ formats. Now let's move on to the detailed instructions on how to reduce WMV file size on PC without losing any quality.

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How to Compress WMV on Windows with iShareSoftware Video Converter

Step 1 Launch iShareSoftware WMV  Video Compressor and Add a WMV File.

Open iShareSoftware WMV compressor, and click the Video Compressor tab.

Click the Document icon or + icon to search and add WMV files present on your PC.

Step 2 Customize Compression Settings.

The information of your added WMV videos will be displayed at the top of the interface. Customize File Size, Resolution, Bitrate, Quality, and other parameters by dragging the progress bar accordingly. Or you can change them one by one. Click the Preview button to check the quality of the output video for 20 seconds.

Step 3 Compress the Video Size.

At the File Location option, tap on it to choose the file output path. Finally, click on the Compress button to compress your WMV  file without losing any quality.

Part 2. Compress a WMV File with other 2 Compressors

1. Video Compress – Shrink Vids

Video Compress is another video compression app for iOS devices that you can use to free up your iPhone or iPad. The program offers a simple and intuitive UI, and even a non-techie can use the application to reduce the size of the media clips with merely a few taps on the screen.

Key Features:

• It has five built-in presets for compression, starting from 360p to Full HD 1080p

• It lets you manage the bitrate and resolution of the videos during compression

• It supports batch compression

2. Panda: Resize & Compress Video

With a 4.7-Star rating on Play Store, this Android app can compress the videos with almost no loss in picture quality. The good thing about the program is that it can reduce the size of the media clips to the extent that they can share via email.

Key Features:

• It lets you share the compressed videos to your favorite social media platform such as Facebook, Instagram, Line, etc.

• It enables you to resize the videos

• The latest version of the app compresses the clips ten times faster as compared to its previous version

Part 3. External Knowledge for Video Compression

To make full use of iShareSoftware WMV File Compressor, I'd like to briefly explain the basic video parameters and the recommended settings to reduce WMV file size.

• Change Frame Rate: If your video footage is exceeding 60 Frames per second, you should maintain the video’s native frame rate. Always choose a constant frame rate instead of a variable frame rate.

• Control Bitrate: Bitrate is responsible for maintaining the video clarity and file size. Ideally, for getting a compressed video, you should choose the given bitrates according to your file type. For SD, it should be 2,000-5,000, 5,000-10,000 for 720p and 10,000-20,000 for 1080p.

• Appropriate Resolution: Set your resolution to the lowest so that your video is in the smallest file size. The ideal ones would be 640 x480 for SD, 1280 x 720 for 720p HD, 1920 x 1080 for 1080 HD and 2560 x 1440 for 2K.

• Audio Codec: For the best results concerning obtaining a compressed video, the audio should be encoded at 320 kbit/s, and using AAC-LC is recommended to be used for audio codec.