October 2002
This documentation provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the documentation for Microsoft® Windows Media® Encoder.
The following table lists required and recommended configurations when using Windows Media Encoder.
| Encoding task | Minimum configuration | Recommended configuration |
| Convert a file | 266 megahertz (MHz) processor, such as an Intel Pentium with MMX
Microsoft Windows® XP or Windows 2000 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM |
500 MHz processor or higher, such as a Pentium III
Windows XP 128 MB of RAM or more |
| Capture and broadcast of audio files | 266 MHz processor, such as a Pentium with MMX
Windows XP or Windows 2000 64 MB of RAM Supported audio capture device |
866 MHz processor or higher, such as a Pentium II or Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor
Windows XP 128 MB of RAM or more Supported audio and video capture device |
| Capture and broadcast of audio and video files for dial-up modem and mid-bandwidth audiences using the Windows Media Audio 9 and Windows Media Video 7 codecs | Single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for 28.8 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 56 Kbps modems:
300 MHz processor, such as a Pentium II or AMD processor Windows XP or Windows 2000 64 MB of RAM Supported audio and video capture device |
Single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for 100 Kbps through 500 Kbps:
866 MHz processor or higher, such as a Pentium II or AMD processor Windows XP 256 MB of RAM Supported audio and video capture device |
| Capture and broadcast of audio and video files for dial-up modem and mid-bandwidth audiences using Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs | Single stream content for 28.8 Kbps and 56 Kbps modems:
1.5 gigahertz (GHz) processor, such as a Pentium IV or dual AMD 1900 Windows XP or Windows 2000 64 MB of RAM Supported audio and video capture device |
Single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for 100 Kbps through 500 Kbps:
1 GHz dual processor or higher, such as a Pentium III or IV or dual AMD 1900 Windows XP 256 MB of RAM Supported audio and video capture device |
| Capture and broadcast of audio and video for high bandwidth using Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs | Use recommended configuration | Single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for 500 Kbps through 2 megabits (Mbps) or more:
2 GHz dual processor or higher, such as a Pentium IV or dual AMD 1900 Windows XP 256 MB of RAM or more Supported audio and video capture devices |
For a list of supported audio and video capture cards, see the hardware providers page at the Microsoft Web site.
These notes support a preliminary release of a software program that bears the project code named Windows Media Encoder.
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