Media portability and compatibility for different destination platforms

A computer-implemented process comprising:

• receiving at least one command to launch a media portability capability provided by a first computing system;
• receiving at least one instance of source media as input for transformation on the first computing system;
• receiving an indication of at least one profile setting for specifying how to transform the source media for enhanced portability on at least one destination computing system for playback;
• transforming the source media in response to the profile setting;
• inserting the transformed media into at least one document;
• and
• distributing the document to the at least one destination system for playback.

Apparatus comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when loaded into a processor and executed, cause the processor to:

• receive at least one command to launch a media portability capability provided by a software application into which the media portability capability is integrated;
• receive at least one instance of source media as input for transformation into portable media compatible with a plurality of destination systems;
• define a plurality of profile settings, wherein the profile settings represent different trade-offs between a plurality of different factors related to transforming the source media into the portable media for distribution to the destination systems;
• receive a selection of one of the profile settings, from the plurality of profile settings, for specifying how to transform the source media for enhanced portability and compatibility when played back on at least one of the destination systems;
• transform the source media into the portable media in response to the selected profile setting;
• insert the transformed media into at least one document associated with the software application;
• and
• distribute the document at least to the destination system for playback.