Will an old DivX AVI look worse after becoming WMV?

Slightly — this is a lossy-to-lossy transcode, so the WMV inherits the DivX artifacts and adds a small generation of its own. At 2 Mbps or more for standard-definition content, the added loss is hard to spot on the legacy screens this conversion targets.

Which WMV version should the output use?

Standard WMV9 (Windows Media Video 9) — it is the profile every WMV-capable device and old Windows Media Player build decodes. The Screen and Pro variants exist but fail on exactly the aging hardware that motivates this conversion.

Couldn't I just install a codec pack on the old PC instead?

If you have admin rights, sure — but this pairing usually comes up on locked-down corporate machines where you don't, or on devices that never accepted codec installs in the first place. Converting the file sidesteps both problems.

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AVI to WMV conversion re-encodes old Xvid and DivX footage as Windows Media Video for PowerPoint embeds and other Microsoft-only pipelines. Both containers are Windows veterans, but WMV is the one that old Office, Windows Media Services, and Silverlight-era players actually understand.

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Why convert AVI to WMV?

Embed clips in PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 decks, which inline WMV far more reliably than anything MPEG-4 based.
Publish to a legacy Windows Media Services streaming server that only ingests WMV/ASF content.
Play files on Windows XP-era machines running stock Windows Media Player with no third-party codec packs installed.

Tip: This is a full re-encode into the dated WMV9 codec, so expect some quality loss; keep the AVI originals in case a modern format is needed later.

How to convert AVI to WMV

Upload your AVI file using the area above.
WMV is preselected as the target format.
Click Start and wait for the conversion to finish.
Download your converted WMV file.

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