<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
(	O
WME	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
,	O
freeware	B-License
media	O
encoder	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
which	O
enables	O
content	O
developers	O
to	O
convert	O
or	O
capture	O
both	O
live	O
and	O
prerecorded	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
computer	O
screen	O
images	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
formats	O
for	O
live	O
and	O
on-demand	B-Application
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
NetShow	O
Encoder	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
download	O
page	O
reports	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
on	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
WME	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Encoder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WME	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
9	O
can	O
encode	O
video	O
using	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Video	I-Device
version	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
or	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	B-Algorithm
encoding	I-Algorithm
uses	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Audio	I-Application
version	O
9.2	O
or	O
version	O
10	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
version	O
10	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
installed	O
)	O
profiles	O
and	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Audio	I-Application
9	O
Voice	O
speech	B-Application
codec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
9	O
enables	O
two-pass	O
encoding	O
to	O
optimize	O
quality	O
for	O
on-demand	B-Application
(	O
streamed	O
or	O
download-and-play	O
)	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
variable	B-General_Concept
bitrate	I-General_Concept
(	O
VBR	O
)	O
encoding	O
for	O
download-and-play	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
enables	O
scripted	O
encoding	O
with	O
the	O
wmcmd.vbs	O
VBScript	B-Application
file	O
,	O
allowing	O
content	O
developers	O
to	O
encode	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
prerecorded	O
media	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bundled	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
are	O
the	O
applications	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
File	O
Editor	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Profile	O
Editor	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Stream	O
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	O
encoder	B-General_Concept
application	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
"	O
wrapper	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
encoder	B-General_Concept
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
write	O
their	O
own	O
applications	O
using	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
to	O
perform	O
the	O
same	O
functions	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
DRM	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Anniversary	O
Update	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
9	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
4.0	O
(	O
also	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Tools	O
)	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Tools	O
4.1	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
for	O
Windows	O
95	O
and	O
Windows	O
NT	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
Studio	O
Edition	O
was	O
a	O
separate	O
planned	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Media	I-Protocol
Encoder	I-Protocol
9	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
segment	O
encoding	O
and	O
multiple	O
audio	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
later	O
released	O
the	O
commercial	O
application	O
,	O
Expression	B-Application
Encoder	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
