Windows Media Encoder: Difference between revisions

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{{Wikify|October 2006}}

{{Infobox Software

| name = Windows Media Encoder

| screenshot = [[Image:Wmediaencoder9series.PNG|250px]]

| caption = Windows Media Encoder in [[Windows XP]]

| developer = [[Microsoft]]

| latest release version = 9.00.00.2980

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| genre = Video and Audio encoding software

| license = [[Freeware]]

| website = [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx Windows Media Encoder]

}}

[[Microsoft]] '''Windows Media Encoder''' is a production tool that enables content developers to convert both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to Windows Media Format for live and on-demand delivery.

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This version of Windows Media Encoder enables [[Two-Pass Encoding]] to optimize quality for on-demand (streamed or download-and-play) content. It also supports "True" Variable Bit Rate ([[VBR]]) Encoding for download-and-play scenarios. True VBR can be applied over the entire duration of a high-motion sequence, ensuring the highest quality. This version also enables scripted encoding with the wmcmd.vbs [[VBScript]] file allowing content developers to encode large numbers of pre-recorded media files.

[[Image:Wmediaencoder9series.PNG|thumb|right|Windows Media Encoder 9 Series]]

Windows Media Encoder can be downloaded as an application. This application is actually a "wrapper" or GUI of the encoder itself. Developers can write VisualBasic or C applications that can perform the functions found in the application. These applications can be used to automate audio and video production.