Windows Media Video Tools

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WMV Tools

WMV9 PowerToy
WMCmd - Windows Media Encoder Command Line Script Utility
WMV Bitrate Calculator
Codecs
Links

WMV9 PowerToy

A tool designed to configure advanced properties of the WMV9 encoder and decoder otherwise only accessible through registry settings.

Requirements:

WMV9 encoder v11 (wmvencod.dll) or WVC1 encoder v11 (wvc1dmoe.dll) - see Codecs section
Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0

Latest version:
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.5.0 Executable (September 7, 2007)

Source code:
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.5.0 Source Code

Older versions:
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.1.0 Executable
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.1.0 Source Code
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.0.0 Executable
WMV9 PowerToy 1.2.0.0 Source Code
WMV9 PowerToy 1.1.1.0 Executable
WMV9 PowerToy 1.1.1.0 Source Code

WMV9 PowerToy is released under a Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL).

WMCmd.vbs
Windows Media Encoder Command Line Script Utility

This update to the WMCmd.vbs script originally included with Windows Media Encoder 9 Series adds support for WVC1 (WMV9 Advanced Profile) encoding, WMA10 Professional encoding, advanced WMV9 settings, AviSynth input, and better progress reporting.

Requirements:

Windows Media Encoder 9 Series or SDK
Vista users should also download and install hotfix KB929182 before using WMCmd.vbs.

Latest version:
WMCmd.vbs - October 11, 2007

Readme - Changelog
Documentation

Older versions:
WMCmd.vbs - May 21, 2007

WMCmd.vbs - April 14, 2007

WMCmd.vbs - March 22, 2007

WMV Bitrate Calculator

This online bitrate calculator is intended for estimating constant and average video bitrates when using WMV9/VC-1 codecs in WMV/ASF containers.

Launch WMV Bitrate Calculator

Codecs

There are several ways to get the latest Windows Media Video codecs:

Windows Media Player 11 for XP - Includes the most recent build of WVC1 and WMV3 encoder and decoder DMOs.
Windows Media Format SDK 11 x86 Runtime - Just the WMFormat 11 Runtime. Same as above but without the v11 Player application.
Windows Vista - All versions of Windows Vista (except "N" European versions) include the latest WVC1 and WMV3 encoder and decoder DMOs.