If you surf the web or watch media on your computer, you have probably come across the WMV file. WMV stands for Windows Media Video and while it was originally designed for streaming video from websites, it is also used for music videos and full length motion pictures. WMV, a Microsoft product plays with Windows Media Player. The current WMV version is WMV9. WMV files can play in Windows Media Player along with VLC, Winamp and DivX players as well. While WMV files are usually high quality, their compression rate Read More

There are many different forms of audio files and each type of file has its own method of compression and playback. As not all devices, programs, and systems are capable of playing all forms of audio files, it is sometimes necessary to find a converter that can change one type of file into another type without corrupting your data. That can be especially said about FLAC file types. In this article, we will explain what FLAC is, what a FLAC converter is, and several free and popular FLAC converters on Read More

When end-users discuss converting files store in the JPG or JPEG image format to Word it is typically for one of two reasons: 1 – To add a JPG image to a Word document or 2 – To convert a text document that is stored in JPG format to Word format. Due to the JPG format using a “Lossy Compression” standard the amount of text that can be satisfactorily recovered will depend on the image size and quality of the document scan. For example, if the document was scanned to Read More

An ODT file is the native text document format that the Open Office productivity suite of program stores. The Open Office text editor provides functions similar to the MS Word application. Any new work that the program creates is saved in ODT format. A common need that arises for Open Office users is converting ODT to DOC format in order to view or manipulate documents in Microsoft Office. The file conversion can be completed for free with the Open Office productivity suite. How to Convert ODT to DOC Format Step Read More

The FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open source file format designed for the storage and playback of audio content. Unfortunately, the format is not supported on a number of music playback devices. The WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) is designed by Microsoft and IBM for both audio playback in uncompressed form. A common task for end-users is to convert FLAC files to WAV format. Steps to Convert FLAC Files to WAV Using WAV MP3 Converter Step 1 – Download and install the WAV MP3 Conversion application. Step 2 Read More

The AVI video CODEC was created by the Microsoft Corporation and lets end-users create high quality video files on a container format. The file format can contain both video and audio content; however, it is not supported on all multimedia software programs or hardware devices. As a result, end-users commonly have the need arise to convert AVI to CD. Although AVI files can easily be burned to CD without converting the content, conversion is required in order to support playback on portable media players. Steps to Convert AVI to CD Read More

The Windows Media Audio (WMA) file format was created by Microsoft as a proprietary audio codec for use in the Windows Media Player. Consumers commonly rip or download music and other audio files in the WMA format which is one part of the greater Windows Media framework. The framework includes WMA, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro, and WMA Voice with WMA being the most commonly used option for music and audio books. A common problem that arises for end-users is to convert WMA files to MP4 format for use on Apple Read More

A common task that arises for consumers is converting music saved in CD or CDA format to MP3 to be used on MP3 or other multimedia players. This allows consumers to transfer music legally purchased online or in a brick-n-mortar store on CD to be played on portable music players without incurring additional cost. One of the more popular applications used to convert CD to MP3 format is the freely available iTunes multimedia player available on the Windows and MAC platforms. For Windows users, the freely available Windows Media Player Read More

WordPerfect Viewer is a word processing software that allows users to view, print, and copy content from a Microsoft Word document even if Microsoft Word is not installed on the computer. WordPerfect Viewer is an extension of WordPerfect, the core word processing program that allows users to actually create documents and modify existing files that are saved in the WordPerfect Document or .wpd format. WordPerfect is often found on computers hosting a Windows operating system and can be used in conjunction with Microsoft Office products in order to view Excel Read More

DivX video files are the movie codec established by the DivX Company that was formerly known as the DivXNetworks, Inc. The CODEC is popular due to its ability to achieve high file compression rates without noticeable loss of visual quality of the video. The format makes use of MPEG-4 Part 2 compression and is generally associated with the ripping process. A common task that arises for users of the DivX format is to convert MP-4 formatted videos to DivX format. Since the MP-4 format is closely related in definition to Read More