Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility includes 14 system profiles for encoding content that contains both audio and video tracks. The table below contains a brief description of each profile. See the related topics for links to profile details.
Profile name |
Bit rate (Kbps) |
Actual rate (Kbps) |
Description |
av20 |
28 |
20 |
28K modem |
av32 |
56 |
32 |
56K modem |
av100 |
100 |
100 |
LAN |
av225 |
256 |
225 |
LAN |
av350 |
384 |
350 |
LAN, DSL |
av450 |
768 |
450 |
LAN, DSL |
av700 |
700 |
700 |
Near-broadcast quality NTSC |
av1400 |
1,400 |
1,400 |
Near-broadcast quality NTSC |
av350pal |
384 |
350 |
Broadband PAL |
av700pal |
700 |
700 |
Near broadcast-quality PAL |
av100_2p |
100 |
100 |
LAN, two-pass |
av350_2p |
350 |
350 |
LAN, DSL, two-pass |
av600vbr |
600 |
600 |
Film, variable bit rate |
avq97vbr |
-- |
-- |
Film, variable bit rate, fixed quality |