The WM 8 Encoding Utility is a command line tool that encodes or converts an AVI/WAV/Uncompressed ASF file into a WMA/WMV file using the Windows Media 8 Audio and Video Codecs. It is used as follows: 1.Open an MS-Dos prompt 2.Change directory to the working directory where the executable wm8eutil.exe is available 3.Run tool by typing: wm8eutil -input -output For help on how to use the tool, please type: wm8eutil For a list of all parameters and parameter values, please type: wm8eutil -all? ======================================================= EXAMPLES: Audio only Simplest use (with defaults): wm8eutil -input song.wav -output song.wma Other: wm8eutil -input song.wav -output song-48K.wma -a_setting 48_44_2 wm8eutil -input song.wav -output song-a32.wma -profile a32 Audio/Video Simplest use (with defaults): wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip.wmv Other: wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip-av100.wmv -profile av100 wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip-cbr1.wmv -v_mode 0 -v_bitrate 235000 wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip-cbr2.wmv -v_mode 1 -v_bitrate 235000 wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip-vbr1.wmv -v_mode 2 -v_quality 95 wm8eutil -input clip.avi -output clip-vbr2.wmv -v_mode 3 -v_bitrate 235000 Video only wm8eutil -input myvideo.avi -output myvideo-v32.wmv -profile v32 wm8eutil -input myvideo.avi -output myvideo-235.wmv -a_setting 0 -v_bitrate 235000 Directory mode (encodes all clips in a directory with same settings) wm8eutil -input my-songs -output my-songs-coded