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

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