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Selecting quality settings

You can select the quality settings for the video and audio, which enable you to choose either higher-quality video and audio or a smaller file size. High-quality audio sounds better, but increases the size of the Photo Story file. Larger Photo Story files require more system resources to save, play, and share.

To select quality settings

  1. On the Select quality settings for your story page, click one of the following Video quality options.
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    High quality Use a 640 x 480 video resolution that plays at a rate of approximately 30 frames per second (fps). This resolution provides better playback quality on your computer, but requires more disk space. This quality setting is intended for stories that will be played on computers that meet the recommended system requirements for Plus! Digital Media Edition.
    Medium quality Use a 320 x 240 video resolution that plays at a rate of approximately 20 fps. This smaller resolution provides good playback quality, but requires less disk space. You may want to use this option if you need a smaller file size or if your story will be played on computers that do not meet the recommended system requirements for Plus! Digital Media Edition. For example, this quality setting may be appropriate if you want to send your story as an attachment to an e-mail message or if you want users to be able to play your story on computers with limited storage capacity or smaller screen resolutions, such as on a Windows-powered Pocket PC.

  2. Click one of the following Audio quality options.
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    High quality Use CD-quality audio, which provides a better playback experience on your computer. This option uses less compression, so it requires more disk space.
    Medium quality Use FM-quality audio, which provides good playback quality, but requires less disk space. You may want to use this option if you did not use a high-quality audio file for the background music or if audio quality is not as important as a smaller file size.

  3. If you want to define custom video and audio settings by selecting a custom encoding profile provided by Microsoft, click Advanced. After you have selected the profile, click OK. For more information about custom video and audio settings, see Selecting a custom encoding profile.
  4. Click Next.

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