Windows Media Encoder

Windows Media Encoder encodes live or stored audio and video into an ASF stream, an .asf file, or both. Windows Media Encoder is the tool of choice when:

You are using a live source.
You need to compress the video source (live or stored) so that the resulting ASF stream or .asf file fits in a target bandwidth.
You want to create content that can span several target bandwidths.
You are converting content from an .avi, .mp3, or .wav file, and you want to use a different codec or select the size of the video display.

Note

This documentation is intended to give you an overview of the concepts involved in creating ASF content with Windows Media Encoder. For procedural help in using Windows Media Encoder, open Windows Media Encoder, then click Help, Contents to view the on-line Help.