Windows Movie Maker Profiles.

[Guest]

Does anyone know where WMM stores its WMV profiles?

There are a number of profiles listed in the "Movie Settings > Show More
Choices" box that are not shown in C:\Program Files\Windows Media
Components\Encoder\Profiles nor are they in "Movie Maker > Shared >
Profiles.

The one I am looking for is: Video for Broadband (512kbps).

 

[Wojo]

Most of the profiles that come standard with Movie Maker are contained
within the programs DLL files.

 

[Guest]

Hi there, Wojo,

Many thanks for your reply.

Yes, there are eight .dll files in the Movie Maker folder. How can I read
those files to find the Profile information I want?

I've been using WMM and the "Video for Broadband (512kbps)" profile works
perfectly. I'm using another programme now and can't create an exact profile
without finding all the details.

I live in New Zealand so Pal is the capture option I use.
If I set the Video codec to Windows Media Video 9 the rendering is very
slow, but if I change it to 8 it flies.

 

[Wojo]

This question is more up Papajohn's alley.
I'm sure he will chime in with something for you.
-Wojo

 

[PapaJohn]

Hi Ted,

I saved a file rendered with the Pal 512 kbps option, and looked at it...
this should be enough info to clone the profile...

audio format WMV2 - Windows Media Audio 9.2
video format WMV3 - Windows Media Video 9
Pal - 25 fps
audio - CBR - 64 kbps bitrate, 44 kHz sample rate, 2 channel stereo
video 320x240, CBR, 448 kbps bitrate
keyframe interval - 6 seconds

 

[Guest]

Thank you Wojo.

Hi, PapaJohn,

Thank you for your reply.

I cloned the profile using your figures which were very similar to the ones
I'd used originally. I find that to get 512K to show in the display, I have
to enter 617K in the bitrate box. However, I used the settings you specified
and my Displayed bitrate ends up at 455Kbps.

With these settings I am capturing a WMV file with excellent video and
sound. However, after I trim and resave it I'm losing sound sync. the sound
seems to lag quite badly.