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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Windows Media Encoder</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">9.0
/ January 7, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2003-01-07</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-DownloadLink_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DownloadLink-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Video and audio encoding software</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Windows Media Encoder</b> (<b>WME</b>) is a discontinued, <a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a> <a href="Multimedia" title="Multimedia">media</a> <a href="Codec" title="Codec">encoder</a> developed by <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> which enables content developers to convert or capture both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to <a href="Windows_Media" title="Windows Media">Windows Media</a> formats for live and <a href="Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">on-demand</a> delivery. It is the successor of <b>NetShow Encoder</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The download page reports that it is not supported on <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DownloadLink_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DownloadLink-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WME has been replaced by a free version of <a href="Microsoft_Expression_Encoder" title="Microsoft Expression Encoder">Microsoft Expression Encoder</a>. The Media 8 Encoding Utility is still listed. WME was available in both <a href="32-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="32-bit">32-bit</a> and <a href="64-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="64-bit">64-bit</a> versions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Windows Media Encoder 9 can encode video using <a href="Windows_Media_Video" title="Windows Media Video">Windows Media Video</a> version 7, 8 or 9. <a href="Audio_Encoder" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio Encoder">Audio encoding</a> uses a number of <a href="Windows_Media_Audio" title="Windows Media Audio">Windows Media Audio</a> version 9.2 or version 10 (if the version 10 codecs are installed) profiles and a Windows Media Audio 9 Voice <a href="Speech_codec" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech codec">speech codec</a>. Content can also be created as uncompressed audio or video.
</p><p>Windows Media Encoder 9 enables <a href="Two-pass_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-pass encoding">two-pass encoding</a> to optimize quality for on-demand (<a href="Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streamed</a> or download-and-play) content. It also supports <a href="Variable_bitrate" title="Variable bitrate">variable bitrate</a> (VBR) encoding for download-and-play scenarios. True VBR can be applied over the entire duration of a high-motion sequence, ensuring the highest quality. This version also enables scripted encoding with the wmcmd.vbs <a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a> file, allowing content developers to encode large numbers of prerecorded media files. Bundled with the program are the applications Windows Media File Editor, Windows Media Profile Editor, and Windows Media Stream Editor.
</p><p>The GUI encoder application is actually a "wrapper" of the <a href="Codec" title="Codec">encoder</a> itself. Developers can write their own applications using <a href="Visual_Studio" title="Visual Studio">Visual Studio</a> to perform the same functions found in the application. These applications can be used to automate audio and video production. An SDK is also available.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With the removal of <a href="Windows_Media_DRM" title="Windows Media DRM">Windows Media DRM</a> in the <a href="Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> Anniversary Update, Windows Media Encoder 9 is no longer compatible with the current version of Windows as of May 2017.
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<ul><li>NetShow Encoder 3.0<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>NetShow Encoder 3.01 (comes with PowerPoint 2000)</li>
<li>Windows Media Encoder 4.0 (also as part of the Windows Media Tools<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Windows Media Tools 4.1 was the last release for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.</li>
<li>Windows Media Encoder 7.1 (for Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000)</li>
<li>Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility (<a href="Command_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Command line">command line</a>) for Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 2000<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Windows Media Encoder 9</li>
<li>Windows Media Encoder x64 Edition (based on Windows Media 10 SDK)</li></ul>
<p>Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a separate planned version of Windows Media Encoder 9 with support for segment encoding and multiple audio channels. After beta 1, it was eventually cancelled. Microsoft later released the commercial application, <a href="Microsoft_Expression_Encoder" title="Microsoft Expression Encoder">Expression Encoder</a> as part of its <a href="Microsoft_Expression_Studio" title="Microsoft Expression Studio">Expression Studio</a> suite.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="WMV_HD" title="WMV HD">WMV HD</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Media_Services" title="Windows Media Services">Windows Media Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Movie_Maker" title="Windows Movie Maker">Windows Movie Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Expression_Encoder" title="Microsoft Expression Encoder">Microsoft Expression Encoder</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_screencasting_software" title="Comparison of screencasting software">Comparison of screencasting software</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929182">Fix for issues with Windows Vista</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/EncoderPro_Overview.aspx">Microsoft Expression Encoder</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/Windows-Media-Encoder.shtml">Softpedia - Windows Media Encoder</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="7-Zip" title="7-Zip">7-Zip</a></li>
<li><a href="Ark_(software)" title="Ark (software)">Ark</a></li>
<li><a href="Haiku_Applications" class="mw-redirect" title="Haiku Applications">Expander</a></li>
<li><a href="FreeArc" title="FreeArc">FreeArc</a></li>
<li><a href="GNOME_Archive_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="GNOME Archive Manager">GNOME Archive Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="Info-ZIP" title="Info-ZIP">Info-ZIP</a></li>
<li><a href="KGB_Archiver" title="KGB Archiver">KGB Archiver</a></li>
<li><a href="PAQ" title="PAQ">PAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="Pax_(command)" title="Pax (command)">pax</a></li>
<li><a href="PeaZip" title="PeaZip">PeaZip</a></li>
<li><a href="XAD_(software)" title="XAD (software)">XAD</a> (decompression only)</li>
<li><a href="Xarchiver" title="Xarchiver">Xarchiver</a></li>
<li><a href="Zipeg" title="Zipeg">Zipeg</a></li>
<li><a href="ZPAQ" title="ZPAQ">ZPAQ</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Filzip" title="Filzip">Filzip</a></li>
<li><a href="LHA_(file_format)" title="LHA (file format)">LHA</a></li>
<li><a href="Lhasa_(computing)" title="Lhasa (computing)">Lhasa</a> (decompression only)</li>
<li><a href="StuffIt_Expander" title="StuffIt Expander">StuffIt Expander</a> (decompression only)</li>
<li><a href="The_Unarchiver" title="The Unarchiver">The Unarchiver</a> (decompression only)</li>
<li><a href="TUGZip" title="TUGZip">TUGZip</a></li>
<li><a href="ZipGenius" title="ZipGenius">ZipGenius</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">Commercial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="ARC_(file_format)" title="ARC (file format)">ARC</a></li>
<li><a href="ALZip" title="ALZip">ALZip</a></li>
<li><a href="Archive_Utility" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive Utility">Archive Utility</a></li>
<li><a href="ARJ" title="ARJ">ARJ</a></li>
<li><a href="BetterZip" title="BetterZip">BetterZip</a></li>
<li><a href="MacBinary" title="MacBinary">MacBinary</a></li>
<li><a href="PKZIP" title="PKZIP">PKZIP/SecureZIP</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerArchiver" title="PowerArchiver">PowerArchiver</a></li>
<li><a href="StuffIt" title="StuffIt">StuffIt</a></li>
<li><a href="WinAce" title="WinAce">WinAce</a></li>
<li><a href="WinRAR" title="WinRAR">WinRAR</a></li>
<li><a href="WinZip" title="WinZip">WinZip</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-archiving<br>compressors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Generic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a></li>
<li><a href="Compress_(software)" title="Compress (software)">compress</a></li>
<li><a href="Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a></li>
<li><a href="Lzip" title="Lzip">lzip</a></li>
<li><a href="Lzop" title="Lzop">lzop</a></li>
<li><a href="Pack_(software)" title="Pack (software)">pack</a></li>
<li><a href="Rzip" title="Rzip">rzip</a></li>
<li><a href="Snappy_(compression)" title="Snappy (compression)">Snappy</a></li>
<li><a href="XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">XZ Utils</a></li>
<li><a href="Zstd" title="Zstd">zstd</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Executable_compression" title="Executable compression">For code</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="UPX" title="UPX">UPX</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Data_compression#Audio" title="Data compression">Audio<br> compression</a><br>(<a href="Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats" title="Comparison of audio coding formats">comparison</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Lossy_compression" title="Lossy compression">Lossy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Advanced_Audio_Coding" title="Advanced Audio Coding">AAC</a>
<ul><li><a href="Fraunhofer_FDK_AAC" title="Fraunhofer FDK AAC">Fraunhofer FDK AAC</a></li>
<li><a href="Nero_AAC_Codec" title="Nero AAC Codec">Nero AAC Codec</a></li>
<li><a href="FAAC" title="FAAC">FAAC</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Helix_(multimedia_project)" title="Helix (multimedia project)">Helix DNA Producer</a></li>
<li><a href="MP3" title="MP3">MP3</a>
<ul><li><a href="L3enc" title="L3enc">l3enc</a></li>
<li><a href="LAME" title="LAME">LAME</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="TooLAME" title="TooLAME">TooLAME</a></li>
<li><a href="Libavcodec" title="Libavcodec">libavcodec</a></li>
<li><a href="CELT" title="CELT">libcelt</a></li>
<li><a href="Opus_(audio_format)" title="Opus (audio format)">libopus</a></li>
<li><a href="Speex" title="Speex">libspeex</a></li>
<li><a href="Musepack" title="Musepack">Musepack</a></li>
<li><a href="Vorbis" title="Vorbis">libvorbis</a></li>
</ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Lossless_compression" title="Lossless compression">Lossless</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Apple_Lossless_Audio_Codec" title="Apple Lossless Audio Codec">ALAC</a></li>
<li><a href="FLAC" title="FLAC">FLAC</a></li>
<li><a href="Libavcodec" title="Libavcodec">libavcodec</a></li>
<li><a href="Monkey's_Audio" title="Monkey's Audio">Monkey's Audio</a></li>
<li><a href="Audio_Lossless_Coding" title="Audio Lossless Coding">mp4als</a></li>
<li><a href="OptimFROG" title="OptimFROG">OptimFROG</a></li>
<li><a href="Shorten_(codec)" title="Shorten (codec)">Shorten</a></li>
<li><a href="WavPack" title="WavPack">WavPack</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Data_compression#Video" title="Data compression">Video<br> compression</a><br>(<a href="Comparison_of_video_codecs" title="Comparison of video codecs">comparison</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Lossy_compression" title="Lossy compression">Lossy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="MPEG-4_Part_2" title="MPEG-4 Part 2">MPEG-4 ASP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="3ivx" title="3ivx">3ivx</a></li>
<li><a href="DivX" title="DivX">DivX</a></li>
<li><a href="Nero_Digital" title="Nero Digital">Nero Digital</a></li>
<li><a href="FFmpeg" title="FFmpeg">FFmpeg</a></li>
<li><a href="HDX4" title="HDX4">HDX4</a></li>
<li><a href="Xvid" title="Xvid">Xvid</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Advanced_Video_Coding" title="Advanced Video Coding">H.264</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CoreAVC" title="CoreAVC">CoreAVC</a></li>
<li>Blu-code</li>
<li><a href="DivX" title="DivX">DivX</a></li>
<li><a href="FFmpeg" title="FFmpeg">FFmpeg</a></li>
<li><a href="Nero_Digital" title="Nero Digital">Nero Digital</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenH264" title="OpenH264">OpenH264</a></li>
<li><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a></li>
<li><a href="X264" title="X264">x264</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="High_Efficiency_Video_Coding" title="High Efficiency Video Coding">HEVC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="DivX" title="DivX">DivX</a></li>
<li><a href="X265" title="X265">x265</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CineForm" title="CineForm">CineForm</a></li>
<li><a href="Cinepak" title="Cinepak">Cinepak</a></li>
<li><a href="Daala" title="Daala">Daala</a></li>
<li><a href="Avid_DNxHD" title="Avid DNxHD">DNxHD</a></li>
<li><a href="Helix_(multimedia_project)" title="Helix (multimedia project)">Helix DNA Producer</a></li>
<li><a href="Indeo" title="Indeo">Indeo</a></li>
<li><a href="Libavcodec" title="Libavcodec">libavcodec</a></li>
<li><a href="Dirac_(video_compression_format)" title="Dirac (video compression format)">Schrödinger (Dirac)</a></li>
<li><a href="Smart_Bitrate_Control" title="Smart Bitrate Control">SBC</a></li>
<li><a href="Sorenson_codec" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorenson codec">Sorenson</a></li>
<li><a href="VP7" class="mw-redirect" title="VP7">VP7</a></li>
<li><a href="Theora" title="Theora">libtheora</a></li>
<li><a href="Libvpx" title="Libvpx">libvpx</a></li>
</ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Lossless_compression" title="Lossless compression">Lossless</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="FFV1" title="FFV1">FFV1</a></li>
<li><a href="Huffyuv" title="Huffyuv">Huffyuv</a></li>
<li><a href="Lagarith" title="Lagarith">Lagarith</a></li>
<li><a href="MSU_Lossless_Video_Codec" title="MSU Lossless Video Codec">MSU Lossless</a></li>
<li><a href="YULS" title="YULS">YULS</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>See also: compression methods and compression formats</li></ul>
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