You can open the file in Windows media player, and choose File -> Properties to see the media properties.
To re-encode the file, you can use Windows Media Encoder to re-encode the file. Windows Media Encoder has many options, you can try different combinations till you reach the optimal quality/size that fits your needs
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Yasser Makram
http://www.silverlightrecipes.com
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