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Video conversion
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svim
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The file type, in your example, wmv, isn't necessarily what defines the file size. That's mostly determined by how the video was encoded (h.264, xvid, etc.) and chosen resolution of the resulting file (H x W, as in 1280 x 720), with a lessor affect of how the audio was encoded (AAC, mp3, etc.).
Also, if you downloaded that video file, its file type isn't determined by your phone, that's the file type that of the file itself as it's stored from wherever you downloaded it from.
If you provide more details about the video file itself, that's the only way to make any kind of relevant suggestion if it is too big or just typical. A two-hour long video weighing at 500MB will be pretty highly compressed (enough to visibly degrade the video and maybe sound quality) but under the same conditions if it's only 5 minutes long it's probably saved a really high resolution.
Also, if you downloaded that video file, its file type isn't determined by your phone, that's the file type that of the file itself as it's stored from wherever you downloaded it from.
If you provide more details about the video file itself, that's the only way to make any kind of relevant suggestion if it is too big or just typical. A two-hour long video weighing at 500MB will be pretty highly compressed (enough to visibly degrade the video and maybe sound quality) but under the same conditions if it's only 5 minutes long it's probably saved a really high resolution.
WMV meaning Windows Media Video, a proprietary patented Microsoft format, which isn't supported by stock Android, and it usually doesn't download videos anyway. You generally need to install an app to do that.
It was very likely done by the third-party app you used to download the video, or the original download source was WMV.
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svim
Extreme Android User
mp4 should be fine using the default media player on your Android device, but again, it's not so much the file type but how the file itself was encoded. You might want to install the VLC app and use that as your default media player app instead. VLC includes a much wider range of file format and codec support, more than the default media player.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc&hl=en_US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc&hl=en_US
Were you using Windows on a PC to put the video on the tablet via MTP(Media Transfer Protocol)? Because quite frankly I can't think of anything else that would want to convert an MP4 to WMV(Windows Media Video).
FYI Android devices usually don't support WMV and WMA natively, because device manufacturers would have to pay a lot of $$$$ to Microsoft in codec patent licensing if they did. And neither does Apple support WMV and WMA natively either.
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That explains it.