PREL (Premiere Elements Project) is a file extension for a video file format made with Adobe Premiere Elements, which is a Windows video-editing software program. WMV (Windows Media Video) is a Microsoft-made digital video compression format used by numerous common codecs and players. In order to convert from PREL to WMV, you must use a conversion program. Several of these are available online as free trial downloads.

  • PREL (Premiere Elements Project) is a file extension for a video file format made with Adobe Premiere Elements, which is a Windows video-editing software program.
  • In order to convert from PREL to WMV, you must use a conversion program.

Download and install Need 4 Video Converter 7.0 (see Resources).

Run the conversion program on the desktop. Select "File," then "Open" from the top menu bar. Choose a PREL file for conversion. Click "Open."

Select "WMV" in the "Output file:" field. Click the "Browse" button next to the "Save To:" field. Select a target destination for the converted file. Click "OK."

Enter a file name into the "Save As:" field.

  • Select "WMV" in the "Output file:" field.
  • Enter a file name into the "Save As:" field.

Click the red "Convert" button at the bottom of the main window to begin the conversion process.

Download and install "Any Video Converter Freeware" (see Resources).

Run the conversion program on the desktop. Click the "Add Video" button. Select a PREL file for conversion. Click "Add."

Select "WMV (*.wmv)" from the "Profile:" menu. Click the "Output Folder" button. Select a target destination folder for the converted WMV file. Click "OK."

  • Run the conversion program on the desktop.
  • Select a target destination folder for the converted WMV file.

Click the "Encode" button to begin the conversion process.