Editing properties

Once you have created a configuration (.asd) file for Windows Media Encoder, you can make changes to that configuration by editing its property pages. The property pages available differ depending on whether you use a template stream format (TSF) or a custom configuration.

The properties available when using TSFs are:

• Template. Controls which TSF is used by the .asd file.
• Input. Controls the source of the content; either Live or an AVI/WAV/MP3 file.
• Output. Controls where the .asf file or ASF stream is sent, either to a Windows Media server, a local .asf file, or both.

The properties available when using a custom configuration are:

• Input. Controls the source of the content; either Live or an AVI/WAV/MP3 file.
• Bandwidth. Controls the bandwidth at which the content streams.
• Compression. Controls the audio and video codecs used to compress the content. Also provides access to advanced settings for image size, number of frames per second, number of seconds per I-frame, pixel format, delay buffer, and image quality.
• Output. Controls where the .asf file or ASF stream is sent, either to a Windows Media server, a local ASF file, or both.

Note

• If your source is an .mp3 file with ID3 properties, those properties will be preserved in an .asf file. These properties can be edited using Windows Media ASF Indexer.