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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.

Download from here:

www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download

In Select Download choose Windows Media Encoder.

In Select Version choose 9 Series.

The setup program will install the Windows Media Profile Editor utility.

If you author your own profiles (.prx files), they must be placed in the \Documents and

Settings\All Users\Application Data\Cakewalk\SONAR X1 Producer\WMV

Profiles directory in order to be available in SONAR.

Note: If you use SONAR Studio or Essential, substitute “Producer” with “Studio” or “Essential”.