About the encoder utilities

Four utilities are included with Windows Media Encoder:

• Windows Media Profile Editor. Use to create custom profiles for use in encoding sessions.
• Windows Media File Editor. Formerly called the Windows Media ASF Indexer, you can use this tool to edit a Windows Media file. For example, you can trim the start and end points of the file; add markers, and script commands; control the dynamic range of audio content; and, for multichannel audio files, control how the channels are folded down for stereo playback.
• Windows Media Stream Editor. You can use this tool to split or combine streams in existing Windows Media files to create a file. For example, you can split an MBR file into multiple single-bit-rate files. Or, you can create multiple files, each with the same video stream but a different audio stream (for example, to create a single file with multiple languages).
• Windows Media Encoding Script. Formerly called the Windows Media Encoding Utility, you can use this command-line utility (Wmcmd.vbs) to encode and broadcast content. This utility is installed in the same location as the encoder, which is C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder by default.

Related topics

• Getting started
• To access an encoder utility