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Audio and video profiles

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

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