Reference Guide

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WMV Encoder Options dialog

Rating:

This field only relates to exporting video, which you can’t do from this dialog box.

Enter any copyright information for the file.

Description:

Enter a note about the file.

Variable Bit Rate

VBR encoding makes the quality of the encoded audio more consistent, but can make the resulting

file size less predictable.

Codec

Select a codec from the drop-down list.

Format

Select a format from the drop-down list. The higher the kbps setting, the higher the quality of the file.

For more information, see:

Routing and Mixing Digital Audio

WMV Encoder Options dialog

Clicking the Encoding Options button in the Video Export dialog after you’ve selected Windows

Media Video in the Save As Type field opens the WMV Encoder Options dialog.

This dialog has the following fields:

• Profile. This field has a list of common WMV video file formats. Selecting a profile tells the

WMV encoder what quality of file to produce.

• Profile info. This field briefly explains the kind of video and audio file that the profile you

selected will produce.

• Title/Author/Rating/Copyright/Description. Filling in these fields will fill in the information your

file will generate when you open the file’s Properties dialog from Windows Media Player.

• Multipass. If you’re creating a Variable Bit Rate (VBS) video, the file quality will improve some if

you tell the encoder to go through your source material twice (make two passes at it).

Windows Media Video (WMV) profiles

SONAR includes several profiles for exporting WMV files. You can author your own WMV profiles if

you wish to use specific settings. To do so, you need to download and install the Windows Media

Profile Editor, which is included with the Windows Media Encoder 9 Series.

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