What are the requirements for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series?
For information about required and recommended configurations, see System Requirements. For a list of supported audio and video capture cards, see Windows Media Hardware Product Vendors. You can install Windows Media Encoder 9 Series on a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. (For Windows 2000, you must also install Microsoft DirectX® 9.0. To install DirectX 9.0, see the Download page at the Microsoft Web site. The recommended configuration varies, depending on the encoding task, as described in the following paragraphs: To convert a file, the minimum configuration is a 266 megahertz (MHz) processor and 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM. The recommended configuration is a 500 MHz processor or higher, Windows XP, and 128 MB of RAM. To capture and broadcast audio and video files for 28.8 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 56 Kbps modems (using the Windows Media Audio 9 and Windows Media Video 7 codecs), the minimum configuration is a 300 MHz processor and 64 MB
