WMV file creation problem using custom profile

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The info on the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my site might
help.

Part of it is trial and error like you're doing.
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"Priya" <priyamatlani@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello ,
>
> I am facing a problem while creating a movie in WMV format.I have used
> a custom profile to create the WMV file. From what i have understood
> the Video Bit Rate values acceptable by the profile are 4 kbps - 20
> Mbps ( got these values from Profile Editor).
>
> If i set the Video Bit Rate value to the minimum i.e 4 kbps and create
> a movie with the timeline dimensions set to 600*496 the resulting wmv
> file doesn't get created and WMP cannot play it back.
> However if i create a movie with the same settings ( i.e if i keep the
> Video Bit Rate to 4 kbps ) the timeline with dimensions 122*52 gets
> converted into a wmv file.
>
> How do i decide what Video Bit Rate to set for a given dimension?
>
> Also how does the source properites like Video Dimensions , Colour
> depth affect the Profile Settings of Video Bit Rate , Frames per
> Second and Video Quality?
> Is it possible to decide that if the source has a particular dimension
> then while creating the wmv file using a custom profile the Video Bit
> Rate and other factors can be pre-determined or they fall in a certain
> range of values.
>
> Thanks in Advance.