Intel Pentium II RAM 32 MB Audio Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16, or a compatible sound card Video Video capture card that supports Video for Windows. NetShow Encoder encodes live or stored audio and video into an ASF stream, an ASF file, or both. By using NetShow Encoder, you can set the size of the display window and choose which codec to use to compress the output ASF stream. It is an algorithm or scheme for recording digital video or audio. Windows NT Server NetShow Services provides a choice of codecs for NetShow Services content.
Users can select a codec based on the audio or image quality, and the preferred image size.
NetShow Encoder does not deliver ASF information to clients. It delivers the ASF stream to a NetShow server that can either multicast or unicast the ASF stream over the network. If NetShow Encoder creates an ASF file, that file is saved to the directory specified during the configuration process. NetShow Encoder must be configured before you use it to create content. The NetShow server uses the information in the ASD file to prepare to stream the ASF information associated with that configuration.