DigitByte WMV To Wav Converter

DigitByte WMV To Wav Converter is a simple-to-use application designed to extract the audio stream from Windows Media files with the WMV extension, in order to save it as a Wave audio track.
It enables you to trim the clip and contains intuitive options that can be tackled with ease by all types of users.

Hassle-free installer and interface

The setup procedure is a speedy task that shouldn't give you any trouble, since there are no special options or third-party offers bundled. However, you must have DirectX installed.
As far as the interface is concerned, DigitByte WMV To Wav Converter adopts a normal window with a simple design and layout, where you can get started by opening a WMV file using the file browser.

Preview, cut and convert the clip

The movie is automatically loaded in a media player in a secondary window that's brought up the screen for previewing purposes. It's possible to enter full screen mode, view the normal screen size, as well as play, pause, stop and exit the clip via the right-click menu.
You can mark the start and end time to extract only the specified part, indicate the saving directory and filename, and click a button to start the conversion and let the program take care of the rest. On task completion, you can open the new WAV files in your audio player to verify results.

Evaluation and conclusion

It carried out extraction and conversion jobs swiftly in our tests while remaining light on system resources consumption. No error dialogs popped up and it didn't hang or crash. Unfortunately, batch processing isn't supported, so you can convert only file at a time.
Moreover, DigitByte WMV To Wav Converter doesn't give you the possibility to configure output encoding settings, such as bit rate, sample rate and channel mode. Nevertheless, it gets the job done and can be easily used.