# file conversion question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-conversion-question/64595>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-conversion-question/64595 "2001-05-07T02:53:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-conversion-question/64595/1 "2001-05-07T02:53:51Z")

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does anyone know if i can take an .avi file and convert it to a wmv file?

Thanx

Chris W

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**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-conversion-question/64595/2 "2001-05-07T11:22:52Z")

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Windows Media Encoder will do that. It’s available on Microsoft’s web site.