- The views expressed on this site are entirely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. All text and software are provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confer no rights.
Blog Pages
Microsoft Media Platform
Friendly Blogs
Forums
Useful Links
Category Archives: Internet Information Services
Announcing Windows Azure Media Services and MPEG-DASH support
This week at the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas we made two big announcements: “New cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services is designed to make creating, managing and delivering media to any device easier than ever by … Continue reading
Extending Smooth Streaming Reach
Smooth Streaming has been a pivotal technology of the Microsoft Media Platform since its introduction in IIS Media Services 2.0 in 2009. And though it’s been commonly associated with Silverlight over the years, those familiar with Smooth Streaming architecture and … Continue reading
H2 2011 Product Update Roundup
It’s been a while since I updated the blog, so I will take this opportunity to bring everyone up to speed on the more recent Microsoft Media Platform product updates: November 9, 2011 Player Framework version 1.0 for HTML5 is … Continue reading
Transcoding 101 Roundtable, MIX 2011 and NAB 2011
A bit of shameless promotion: On Thursday, March 24th, I’ll be participating in a roundtable web event titled “Transcoding Methodology 101″ hosted by Streaming Media. Joining me will be Kevin Louden (Telestream), Charlie Good (Wowza) and Jon Robbins (Rhozet). The … Continue reading
Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming
Tagged IIS Media Services, media, MIX, MIX11, NAB
2 Comments
IIS Media How-To Resources
If you are new to IIS Media Services and Smooth Streaming, IIS.net/media is the website for you. However, finding relevant technology and deployment information on IIS.net can be somewhat cumbersome since it’s a wiki-styled site and a lot of the … Continue reading
Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming
Tagged Expression Encoder, IIS Media Services, media, Smooth Streaming
Comments Off
IIS Media 4.0, SMF 2.3, RCE 1.0 SP1 and More
It’s been too long since my last post, so I thought I’d get warmed up and back into blogging form by posting something about recent releases on the Microsoft media platform. After PDC 2010 in November which focused on new … Continue reading
Now available: Expression Encoder 4, IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta, SSME 1.0, SMF 2.0 RC1, Olympics case studies
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 … Continue reading
Smooth Streaming 3D concept previewed at NAB
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming
Tagged 3D, media, Silverlight, stereoscopic
8 Comments
Sunday Night Football Case Study
Remember NBC Sunday Night Football? Microsoft has just released a detailed case study of the SNF project describing the partners, products, tools and workflow used to deliver the final solution. You can check it out here: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000006602 http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/808/sunday-night-football-live-in-hd-with-microsoft-silverlight-3-and-iis-smooth-streaming/ I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming
Tagged media, SNF, Sunday Night Football
Comments Off
Streaming the Olympics: How We Got Here
Though it may seem like it was just yesterday, it’s now been 18 months since we delivered for NBC the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics using Windows Media Services, Windows Media Player and Silverlight. Whereas in Beijing we experimented with HTTP adaptive streaming for on-demand … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming
Tagged media
4 Comments