Windows Media Encoder: Difference between revisions

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| developer = [[Microsoft]]

| latest release version = 9.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2003|01|07}}<ref name="DownloadLink">{{cite web|title=Windows Media Encoder 9 Series|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17792|work=Download Center|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=22 January 2013|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122071819/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17792|archivedate=22 January 2013|df=}} </ref>

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| genre = Video and audio encoding software

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'''Windows Media Encoder''' ('''WME''') is a discontinued, [[freeware]] [[Multimedia|media]] [[codec|encoder]] developed by [[Microsoft]] which enables content developers to convert or capture both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to [[Windows Media]] formats for live and [[Video on demand|on-demand]] delivery. It is the successor of '''NetShow Encoder'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011382331033.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-04 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113032417/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011382331033.aspx |archivedate=2009-01-13 |df= }}</ref> The download page reports that it is not supported on [[Windows 7]].<ref name = "DownloadLink"></ref> WME has been replaced by a free version of [[Microsoft Expression Encoder]]. The Media 8 Encoding Utility is still listed. WME was available in both [[32-bit]] and [[64-bit]] versions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Windows Media Encoder (64-Bit) 9.0 DownloadAdd|url=http://download.chip.eu/en/Windows-Media-Encoder-64-Bit-_140605.html|work=Download.CHIP.eu|publisher=CHIP Xonio Online|accessdate=13 October 2013|date=12 March 2010}}</ref>

Windows Media Encoder 9 can encode video using [[Windows Media Video]] version 7, 8 or 9. [[Audio Encoder|Audio encoding]] uses a number of [[Windows Media Audio]] version 9.2 or version 10 (if the version 10 codecs are installed) profiles and a Windows Media Audio 9 Voice [[speech codec]]. Content can also be created as uncompressed audio or video.