Now available: Expression Encoder 4, IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta, SSME 1.0, SMF 2.0 RC1, Olympics case studies
Friday, June 25th, 2010 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 2 Comments »While most of the world is on a collective vacation watching the World Cup, media teams at Microsoft have been busy at work. And watching the World Cup. :) Released this month: Expression Studio 4, which of course includes Expression Encoder 4. IIS ...
Smooth Streaming 3D concept previewed at NAB
Friday, April 16th, 2010 Posted in 3D, Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 8 Comments »NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show 2010 wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas. Among the Silverlight and Smooth Streaming announcements and demos at this year's NAB were: Silverlight availability on Broadcom and Intel systems-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, which will enable set-top-box manufacturers ...
In Case You Missed MIX…
Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 11 Comments »If you were unable to attend MIX 2009, you'll be pleased to know that the videos of sessions are already appearing online: https://content.visitmix.com/2009/sessions/. Here are the links to the videos of sessions I had previously mentioned: What's New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 Speaker: ...
Come Join Us at MIX 2009!
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, H.264, Internet Information Services, Silverlight | 1 Comment »MIX, Microsoft's annual conference for Web 2.0 designers and developers - is upon us. This year it will take place March 18-20 at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. If you're interested in the world of online video streaming (and I guess you are ...
Smooth Streaming FAQ
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, H.264, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 1 Comment »The contents of this post have been moved to a new permanent location: http://alexzambelli.com/blog/smooth-streaming-faq/
Smooth Streaming Beta Released!
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 1 Comment »I am pleased to announce the availability of Smooth Streaming beta! The hot new media extension for IIS7 can now be downloaded from http://www.iis.net/extensions/SmoothStreaming, in both x86 and x64 flavors. The Smooth Streaming beta is also available for install through ...
The Birth of Smooth Streaming
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 31 Comments »In my last post I talked about the history of multi-bitrate streaming and how we got from RTSP and HTTP streaming back to HTTP download as the primary media web distribution mechanism. In this post we'll take a closer look ...
A Brief History of Multi-Bitrate Streaming
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 5 Comments »It's been a while since I last posted. Probably the most significant news from Microsoft regarding Silverlight media since IBC (when we announced H.264/AAC support in Silverlight 3) has been on the IIS and Expression fronts. The Expression Encoder team ...