Dan LaValley Manager Biology New Media Center

Thanks to Dan LaValley of Learning Technology & Distance Education for creating this tutorial.

• Download Windows Media Encoder

Converting a file

1. Open the New Session Wizard, and then click Convert an audio or video file into a Windows Media file. If you want start encoding after you complete the wizard, select the Begin converting when this wizard finishes check box, and then click Next.
   
   
   
2. In File to convert box, enter the name of the file you want to convert.
   
   
   
3. In File to create box, enter the name of the Windows Media file you want to create, and then click Next.
   
4. Select how you want to distribute the file (through a Windows Media server, Web server, or locally on a computer), and then click Next.
   
   
   
5. Select an existing profile that is best suited to your content; use the profile description to help you decide. Click Next.
   
   
   
6. (Optional) In Title, Author, Copyright, Rating, and Description, enter information about the file, and then click Next. The information you add is displayed in Windows Media Player when the content is viewed.
   
   
   
7. Review the summary of your selections, and then do one of the following:
   Click Back to modify a session.
   Click Finish to complete the session configuration.

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