Digital Media Converter: Configuring Windows Media Format Properties

Configuring Windows Media Format Properties

Windows Media Format files offer an excellent tradeoff between small size and audio and video quality. Windows Media Audio (WMA) files contain only sound.  Windows Media Video (WMV) files can contain both audio and video.

Windows Media files are created using "Profiles" which define how the audio and video information are stored and compressed.  Digital Media Converter presents the profiles organized by their purpose:

• Configuring Files for Desktop Viewing
• Configuring Files for Streaming
• Configuring Files for Web Server Progressive Download
• Configuring Files for Portable Devices

In addition, this section includes chapters on concepts that are important when selecting a Profile:

• Selecting Bit Rates
• Setting Up an MBR stream