Can help you distribute licensed digital media with superior audio quality over the Internet. Windows Media Rights Manager allows you to control your digital media files, such as music and videos, by packaging them. A packaged media file contains a version of your media file that has been compressed, encrypted, and bundled with additional information that is specific to your Web site. The result is a smaller media file with high sound quality that can only be played by a person who has obtained a license. In addition, the packaged media file is separate from the license needed to play it, enabling you to think of distribution and licensing in new ways. The packager tool accepts media files in MP3 and WAV formats, and encodes and compresses these files into ASF format. You can, however, provide pre-encoded ASF files. Because a packaged media file is separate from the license that is required to play it, you and your consumers can distribute the packaged media file in different ways. For example, you can place packaged files on a Web site for downloading, distribute them on CDs, e-mail them to consumers, and so on. Consumers can also share and copy packaged media files.