What is Windows Media Encoder

[Guest]

Can some tell me what is Windows Media Encoder and how I may get it?

 

[Sonia]

See http://tinyurl.com/bbal. It explains Media Encoder and you can download
it from there. Be forewarned that Media Encoder doesn't come with the same
intuitive user interface that you might associate with Microsoft
applications. It's challenging to learn, but if you are patient and willing
to experiment you'll find it very powerful.

 

[Sonia]

You may instead want Windows Media Encoder 7.1. The download is at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...dc-e509-4bc2-ae47-507856f9ddc3&DisplayLang=en
(cut and paste into the address bar of your browser).

There is a good article at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...hnol/netshow/evaluate/wencoder.asp?frame=true

 

[Mike M.]

Which version you use depends on your target client. If your users are
going to be using Windows Media Player 9 then you should take advantage of
Windows Media Encoder 9. Both are free downloads. The codecs are much
better than the earlier ones. Encoder 9 also supports older codecs so you
can target a stream (or file) to older versions of the player.