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Windows Media Encoder 9

This may be one of the many long lost files tucked away on Microsoft's website that you could never find if you looked for 100 years unless you had nifty things like Google to find it. Some of you are thinking "I already knew about this, why is this news." Well, if you knew about it, why didn't you say so, help a techie out, okay? Holding out on me, huh? Whatever. For anyone (like me) late to the party, WM Encoder will encode many different file types both audio and video into Windows Media format. It is easy to use and supports conversion from these formats to Windows Media format: .asf, .avi, .bmp, .jpg, .mpg, .wmv, .mp3, .wav, .wma. Many different bitrates are supported, both constant and variable bit rate. Genuine Microsoft Validation is required to download this file.

The initial screen where you can pick several common tasks.
Selecting the source and output files.
Selecting the distribution method, which helps narrow bit rate and resolution.
Encoding options, including bit rate (not shown, under the dropdown currently).
Info screen, makes it wasy to enter whatever you want.
The actual encoding process window, which shows all the vital details and progress.

Tags: audio, conversion, encoder, encoding, media, tools, utilities, video, Windows

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