XV, with the extension of .xv, is short form for X Video Extension. XV is a video output mechanism for the X Window System mainly used to resize video content in the video controller hardware in order to enlarge a given video or to watch it in full screen mode. The X video extension can have the video controller perform color space conversions, and change the contrast, brightness, and hue of a displayed video stream.
Xunlei (迅雷), a famous downloader manager and video player in China uses XV format container to store movie files for fast play video online as well as fast download to local to play offline. Movie files or TV Series downloaded are usually named like 舌尖上的中国2.脚步.xv. Such files are authorized videos from thunder (www.xunlei.com) and normally you can not copy to another computer, can not convert or play by another common video players. If the system language you use is non Chinese, you will fail to play it even by Xunlei player.
Are there no ways to watch such .xv video files on computer, laptop or mobile devices like iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, touch, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Note, Surface, Ienovo YoGa or on TV sets like Samsung TV, Sony TV, etc.? Don’t worry. This article introduces a free XV Converter to help you convert XV to FLV, MP4, AVI, WMV, MP3, etc. so that you can play .xv file any where you like.
Unfortunately, currently there is no way to convert and play XV files on Mac computer. If you have to play, edit .xv files on Mac, there are no other solutions but to use a Windows computer to download the free XV Converter to convert XV to FLV first then convert the converted FLV to Mac friendly format MP4, MOV, ProRes, etc.
How to Convert .XV to MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MP3, etc?
Step 1: Download the free XV Converter
Download the free XV Converter. Run the XV File Converter after complete downloading.
Step 2: Convert XV to FLV
Click on “浏览” button to import your .xv files. And press on “开始” button to start convert XV to FLV.
The FLV files converted from XV files are at the same folder with your XV files.
The XV Converter can only convert XV to FLV format. This step is finished if the converted FLV from XV files can play on your computer. If you want to convert XV to MP4 to play on laptop, mobile devices, edit XV in editing programs, or convert XV to AVI, WMV, ect. or extract audio from XV and convert XV to MP3, continue follow the steps below.
Step 3: Convert the converted FLV file to MP4, AVI, WMV, MP3 etc
Free download AnyMP4 Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac). Install and launch the program.
Step 4: Load the converted FLV to AnyMP4 Video Converter
The FLV files converted from XV files are at the same folder with your XV files.
Click on “Add Video” button to add the converted XV files in Step 2 to the program.
Step 5: Set output profile as MP4, AVI, WMV or MP3 or whatever wanted format
Click “Profile” drop-down. To convert DAV to MP4, select “MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)” from “General Video” category.
Step 6: Start converting DAV to MP4, AVI, WMV or MP3, etc.
Press on “Convert” button to start converting DAV to MP4, AVI, WMV or MP3, or whaever wanted video or audio format.