To specify a profile for a session

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Open a command prompt window.
At the command prompt, type the path to the folder where the file Wmcmd.vbs is located. For example, type:
```
cd \Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder
```

Do one of the following:

To specify a profile that is included with Windows Media Encoding Script, type the following command, and then press the ENTER key:

cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs –input drive:\Path\Input_file_name -output drive:\Path\Output_file_name -profile profile_number

For example:

cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs –input C:\My-clips\Mmyfile.avi –output C:\My-clips-coded\Myfile.wmv –profile av100

To specify a Windows Media Encoder profile or a custom profile you created, type the following command, and then press the ENTER key:

cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs –input drive:\Path\Input_file_name -output drive:\Path\Output_file_name -loadprofile drive:\Path\profile_file_name

For example:

cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs –input C:\My-clips\Myfile.avi -output C:\My-clips-coded\Myfile.wmv -loadprofile C:\My-profiles\500kbps_peakVBR.prx