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Encoding and Streaming to your Pocket PC (3)
By admin | April 25, 2007
Figure 4: Encoder 9 encoding away
Encoder 9 does the video encoding in two passes. During the first pass, there isn’t any output displayed.
In either case, once the encoding has finished, copy the “wmv” file onto your Pocket PC, start up Windows Media Player, click on Select, click on your file and then on the play icon. Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labour!
The above steps can also be used to take audio files and convert them for the Pocket PC. By following the above steps and picking an audio file instead of a video file, the encoder will automatically produce a WMA file. The only thing you may want to play around with is the bit rate used to encode the audio. The lower the bit rate, the lower the quality, but it all comes down to taste If you are using Encoder 7.1, the profiles will automatically be restricted to audio-only and you can pick one for a bit rate that suits you.
If you are using Encoder 9, it gets a little bit more complicated because the choice of profiles is based on your answer to the content distribution question. What I would suggest is that you use these steps:
- When you get to the Content Distribution page, choose Pocket PC as before
- Leave the audio setting as “CD quality audio (CBR)”
- Enter any display information
- On the “Settings Review” page, deselect the “Begin converting when I click Finish” option and click on Finish
- In the Encoder window, click on the Properties button. The Session Properties window will appear within the Encoder window
Figure 5: Changing the properties of an encoding session in Encoder 9 - Click on the Edit button next to “Destination: Pocket PC”. The Custom Encoding Settings window will appear
- Click on the “70 Kbps” tab
Figure 6: Picking a different audio bit rate - Choose any bit rate you like from the drop-down window BUT ensure that you pick one that says 44KHz and not 48KHz
…to be continued…
Source: pocketpcthoughts.com
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