Reference Guide

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Windows Media Format Encode Options dialog

You can create settings and a description for your Windows Media Advanced Streaming Format file

in the Microsoft Audio Encode Options dialog box.

Title:

Enter the title of the file.

Author:

Enter the name of the author responsible for creating the file.

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” on page 891

Note: To create a surround encoded file you must export surround encoded buses.