1. Encoding with Windows Media Daniel Orme-Doutre (dano) Consulting Engineer Microsoft Corporation

2. An Industry Adage Pick Two You can have all three!

3. Agenda

4. Before U Encode

5. Know Your Source Questions to consider: Have you watched the material? What tape format is it? What digital format is it? How big is it? What is the audio like? Do you know the in/out points? What is the duration? “Garbage in, garbage out”

6. Know Your Delivery What about these questions? Computer Playback? Live, Video On Demand, Download? Encoding for a review, big event, editing? Big screen playback in a conference center or desktop LCD? Are there other files with this project? CD, DVD etc…

7. Know Your Windows Media An MPEG4 based codec Now WMV9 is SMPTE standardized. Variety of codecs in WMV9 series. It can play on almost any playback device CDDVD Portable devices: PMC, Smartphone Live, OnDemand, File based High Definition: STB, (BluRay and HDDVD) DemosXbox

8. Know Your Windows Media: Encoder Windows Media Encoder Products Windows Media Encoder 9 Series Windows Media Encoder 9 Series SDK Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition Windows Media Codecs Windows Media Audio 10 Professional Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless Windows Media Audio 9 Windows Media Audio 9 Voice Windows Media Video 9 Windows Media Video 9 Screen

9. Know Your Windows Media Con’t Places the Encoder exists… Windows Server 2003 Free download off Microsoft website Windows Movie Maker Microsoft Producer-Office Suite. Windows Media Player 9 (WMA) Real time encoders like: Inlet Technologies Digital Rapids Winnov 3 rd party applications like: Adobe Premiere SoundForge Canopus ProCoder AVID Flip 4 Mac

10. When U Encode

11. When U Encode: Fast Tips Speed up that encoding… Use live source if SD or smaller resolution Batch automation Encoder script Custom Profiles Encode off multiple machines Encoder utilizes dual processors Use accelerator cards One pass CBR instead of 2pass

12. Trade Offs: Project Management

13. Trade Offs: Encoding Tradeoff Demo

14. Encoder Workshop Standard Windows Media 9 GUI Encoder Batching

15. Resources Suggested Websites Microsoft:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/ MSDN: http://www.msdn.com http://www.msdn.com Basic Newbie Stuff: http://www.videohelp.com/ http://www.videohelp.com/ MediaCenterEdition: http://thegreenbutton.com/default.aspx http://thegreenbutton.com/default.aspx Suggested Books Windows Media Resource Kit ISBN 0-7356-1807-0 Quantel Digital Fact Book http://www.quantel.com/http://www.quantel.com/ (free!) http://www.quantel.com/ MPEG Handbook ISBN 0-2408-0578-X Suggested Tools