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Supported formats

You can use the following file formats as source files with Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility. Once encoded, all files will have either a .wma or .wmv file name extension depending on whether they are audio-only (.wma), video-only (.wmv), or contain both audio and video (.wmv).

File name extension File type Notes
.avi Audio and video files For audio, only uncompressed files with 16-bit pulse code modulation (PCM) are supported. For video, Windows Media 8 Encoder Utility supports these pixel formats:
  • IYUV (I420)

  • YV12

  • YUY2

  • UYVY

  • YVYU

  • YVU9

  • RGB (24 bit)

  • RGB (16 bit)

  • RGB (15 bit)

  • RGB (32 bit)

  • RGB (8 bit)

Note   Compressed .avi files are supported if an Image Compression Manager (ICM) decompressor is available on your computer.

.wav Audio files Only 16-bit, uncompressed files are supported.
.wma, .wmv Windows Media format audio and video files Only 16-bit uncompressed .wma and uncompressed .wmv files are supported. Windows Media 8 Encoder Utility only supports .asf version 1.

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