How to Convert ISMV to MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP3, WAV, etc?
Convert ISMV to AVI, MP4, etc for Playback on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, Windows Media Player, etc
The Definition of ISMV Format
ISMV file is used by Microsoft IIS web server to deliver one video on different bitrate to Silverlight client over HTTP. This technology is called Smooth Streaming. Actually, ISMV is one kind of MP4 file. The video in it is split into 2-second chunks. Client can request video chunk by chunk.
To publish a video with Smooth Streaming, web master encode the video into several ISMV files with Expression Encoder, each for different bitrate. It will generate one ISM file and one ISMC file to describe information about these ISMV files, one for server and one for client. When Siverlight player plays a video, it request ISMC file at first to know how many bitrate available. Then it request the first chunk of loweast bitrate ISMV file to test network and CPU speed. If speed is enough, it will request following chunks in higher bitrate ISMV file. And it will switch between different bitrate to get highest quality and keep playing smooth at the same time.
ISMV is uncommon video formats so there are few ISMV players online. Not only that, it is impossible to directly play ISMV files on frequently-used players like Windows Media Player, QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, RealPlayer, etc and popular portable devices such as Android, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Creative Zen, Zune and so on.
So the question is: How can I convert Smooth Streaming ISMV files to MP4 or MOV? I need to view them on my Mac OS X and edit them in iMovie.
ISMV Converter for Mac and Windows
Although ISMV format is unusual, we still try our best to improve our product to play ISMV on Mac and Windows without any codecs installed and convert ISMV to more famous video formats in order to meet customers' need. Now, you can download Faasoft ISMV Converter to have a try.
After the conversion, you can not only play ISMV files on most popular players and portable devices like VLC, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, etc, but also edit ISMV videos in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, Sony Vegas without any hassle.
If necessary, this ISMV Converter also allows you to do some basic editing with your ISMV file in many ways: combine several ISMV files into one, crop ISMV to remove the black bar, cut ISMV video to keep the part you desire, change ISMV bitrate/sample rate, adjust the volume of ISMV, extract audio from ISMV and so on.
Convert ISMV to MP4, AVI, etc
Launch ISMV Converter and follow the guide as below to convert ISMV to MP4, AVI, MOV, etc in three steps.
Step 1 Load ISMV to the program
Dragging and dropping your ISMV to the program is a highly recommended method to add files. Alternatively, just click "Add File" button to choose ISMV from your computer and then open it.
Step 2 Select MP4 as output format
Click "Profile" drop-down button and set the video format as you like, for example, choose "MP4 MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)" as output format from "General Video" category if you'd like to convert ISMV to MP4.
Step 3 Start ISMV to MP4 conversion
Click the big "Convert" button on the bottom and let this ideal ISMV Converter do the rest of the work for you.
Summary
This program is compatible with both Mac and Windows. It works quite well on iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air running Mac OS X 10.6 and above (Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks and Mountain Lion included) and Windows XP and later.
Once the conversion is done, all the following issues will be resolved readily:
- I want to convert ISMV to AVI, MPEG, MP4, MOV or other popular files. How can I convert my ISMV video file?
- Is there a way to play ISMV video on Windows 8? I tried VLC and Windows Media Player, but both failed.
- I used to use Sony Vegas Pro to edit videos. At the moment, I need to edit an ISMV file. However, Sony Vegas refuses to import it. After searching, I know that I have to first convert ISMV to AVI. But how?
- Is there an easy way to add ISMV into iTunes for playback? Do I have to convert ISMV to MP4 or MOV? I have no idea.