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}}<|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https:/ref>/web.archive.org/web/20130122071819/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17792|archivedate=22 {{deadJanuary link2013|datedf=May 2017}} </ref>

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| genre = Video and audio encoding software

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Windows Media Encoder 9 enables [[two-pass encoding]] to optimize quality for on-demand ([[Streaming media|streamed]] or download-and-play) content. It also supports [[variable bitrate]] (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 prerecorded media files. Bundled with the program are the applications Windows Media File Editor, Windows Media Profile Editor, and Windows Media Stream Editor.

The GUI encoder application is actually a "wrapper" of the [[codec|encoder]] itself. Developers can write their own applications using [[Visual Studio]] to perform the same functions found in the application. These applications can be used to automate audio and video production. An SDK is also available.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=000a16f5-d62b-4303-bb22-f0c0861be25b&DisplayLang=en Windows Media Encoder 9 Series SDK] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411162525/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=000a16f5-d62b-4303-bb22-f0c0861be25b&displaylang=en |date=2008-04-11 }}</ref>

With the removal of [[Windows Media DRM]] in the [[Windows 10]] Anniversary Update, Windows Media Encoder 9 is no longer compatible with the current version of Windows as of May 2017.

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*Windows Media Encoder 4.0 (also as part of the Windows Media Tools<ref>Microsoft TechNet [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676148.aspx Windows Media Tools], Retrieved on 2009-08-08</ref><ref>Microsoft Technet (April 14, 1999) [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676146.aspx Windows Media Tools Components], Retrieved on 2009-08-08</ref>) Windows Media Tools 4.1 was the last release for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.

* Windows Media Encoder 7.1 (for Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000)

* Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility ([[command-line]]) for Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000<ref>Microsoft Corporation (2001-03-27) [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=03d169b3-a410-4451-82af-18f23fb63acb&DisplayLang=en Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215004828/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=03d169b3-a410-4451-82af-18f23fb63acb&DisplayLang=en |date=2009-02-15 }}, Retrieved on 2009-08-12</ref>

* Windows Media Encoder 9

* Windows Media Encoder x64 Edition (based on Windows Media 10 SDK)