Updated Aug 31,2018 | by Bennie
WMV is the most recognized video compression format within the WMV family. Comparing to MPEG-4 AVC, AVS, RealVideo and MPEG-4 ASP, WMV is much smaller in size in the same quality. Since YouTube is one of the biggest online video sources, you may don’t have enough memory to save all favorite YouTube videos on your device. Fortunately, with converting YouTube video to WMV, more memories will be released and more videos can be saved to your device. In this article, there are two methods to convert YouTube video to WMV.
Method 1: Convert YouTube Video to WMV with a Professional Video Converter
IOTransfer, as a professional and simplest video conversion program in the market, not only allows its users to convert videos to more than 20 formats, but also, to transfer the converted video to any of iOS devices. With IOTransfer, you can simply convert YouTube video to WMV and transfer it to iOS devices with 3 steps.
Step 1: Download and install converter software
Free Download and install IOTransfer on your Windows 10/8/8.1/7 computer and connect your iPhone to PC with a USB cable.
If USB cable is not carried, you also can use the AIR-TRANS feature of IOTransfer to wirelessly transfer videos from iOS device to PC. It offers a fast and stable connection between iOS device and PC.
Step 2: As shown in the screenshot below, click “Converter” from the menu on the left in “VIDEOS” page. Then click “Add Flies” to open the location of the downloaded YouTube video and click “Open”.
Step 3: The video will appear in the list, then choose the Output Format-WMV and click “Convert Now”.
Meanwhile, you also can check the box “Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device” under the list to save the converted video to the iOS device, which avoids transferring again after converting.
Now you have successfully converted the video and you can enjoy it at any time. It’s very simple and efficient, right? IOTransfer can convert videos to any other format as your will. However, converting videos is just one of the many excellent features of IOTransfer. This software also supports download online videos , transfer photos and transfer almost everything from PC to iOS devices.
Method 2: Convert YouTube Video to WMV with Online Video Converter
Some people prefer to convert YouTube to WMV online, which don’t need to download or install anything. Online Video Converter is one of the best online converters. Let me introduce you how to convert YouTube video to WMV with Online Video Converter.
Step 1: Visithttps://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/video-converterfrom a browser e.g. Chrome, IE.
Step 2: Paste the YouTube video link to the bar as shown below.
Step 3: Choose Format.WMV and click “START”.
Step 4: After the video has been processed, click “DOWNLOAD” and the converted video will be downloaded to your PC.
Obviously, the steps to converting videos online are very simple and effective. However, the online processing always waste a lot of time. Comparing 2 methods to convert YouTube video to WMV, using IOTransfer will be more quick and efficient.
Now, you can choose which method you prefer and convert YouTube video to WMV by following the mentioned steps.
Besides, if you don’t know how to download YouTube video, there is a simple way to download it with IOTransfer.
How to Download YouTube Video with IOTransfer
Step 1: Click “VIDEOS” in IOTransfer and click Downloader from the menu on the left.
Step 2: Copy the link of the YouTube video from the browser, then paste the link to the URL bar on IOTransfer.
Step 3: If you want to save the video to iOS device, click “Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device”.
Step 4: Click “Download”.
Step 5: Now the video will be shown in the Downloading list, click “Downloading” and check your process. Within a few minutes, you can check it by click “Finished”. You can either watch it from PC or on your iOS device if you have ticked“Automatically transfer the converted video into your iOS device”.
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