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Audio and video profiles

Windows Media Encoding Script includes 14 system profiles for encoding content that contains both audio and video. The following table contains a brief description of each profile.

Profile name Bit rate (Kbps) Actual rate (Kbps) Description
av20 28 20 28-Kbps modem
av32 56 32 56-Kbps modem
av100 100 100 Local area network (LAN)
av225 256 225 LAN
av350 384 350 LAN and digital subscriber line (DSL)
av450 768 450 LAN and DSL
av700 700 700 Near-broadcast-quality National Television System Committee (NTSC)
av1400 1,400 1,400 Near-broadcast-quality NTSC
av350pal 384 350 Broadband Phase Alternating Line (PAL)
av700pal 700 700 Near-broadcast-quality PAL
av100_2p 100 100 LAN and two-pass constant bit rate (CBR)
av350_2p 350 350 LAN, DSL, and two-pass CBR
av600vbr 600 600 Film and peak variable bit rate (VBR)
avq97vbr -- -- Film, VBR, and quality-based VBR

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