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When it comes to adaptive bit rate streaming over HTTP, file format really does matter. The Fragmented MP4 (fMP4) file format, first used by Microsoft, is the basis of IIS Smooth Streaming, Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming, and two industry streaming standards. fMP4 files have some distinct advantages over adaptive streaming solutions based on MPEG-2 Transport Streams, such as the proprietary HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) format developed by Apple. HLS is based on a derivative of the MPEG-2 Transport Stream (M2TS), which was developed nearly two decades ago for broadcast TV. On the other hand, the fMP4 file format was specifically designed to address the needs of modern streaming to computers, televisions, and mobile devices. fMP4 offers a number of key benefits over M2TS solutions, such as: Trick-play capabilities (e.g., fast-forward, pause, instant replay) Seamless stream adaptation to local conditions Reduced storage requirements Backwards compatibility with M2TS-based solutions Integrated digital...
A new release of IIS Media Services is available that adds support for REST services API's for management of publishing points as well as performance improvements for both on demand and live scenarios. Full details on how to take advantage of the performance improvements will be detailed in a later blog post. Capabilities supported via the REST services include the following: Creation & deletion of publishing points Enumeration of all web site publishing points Querying and updating publishing point settings and state Querying publishing point statistics See MSDN for full documentation on these API's. Expression Encoder 4 SP2 which was just released last week makes use of the REST API's supported in IIS Media Services 4.1 so that one can easily manage publishing points directly from within Expression Encoder. From a Live Broadcasting Project you can now: Create a new publishing point When the name for a new publishing point is specified, Expression Encoder now provides a...
Today IIS team has published a servicing release of Web Farm Framework 2 . This release contains fixes for the bugs reported in version 2.0 that was published in January this year. The following bugs have been fixed in this release: If a server was excluded from load balancing because of an error or if it was temporary unavailable then it required administrator to manually add it back. With this release the Web Farm Service will attempt to auto-repair unavailable servers and add them back to load...( read more ) Read More...
The newly released Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager pulls together an end-to-end video workflow that allows you to create live streaming events, transcode on-demand content, manage and publish video, edit video, and insert mid-roll advertisements. This open-source release can be used by enterprises, educational institutions, and broadcasting companies to manage their video assets using a lightweight and highly-customizable solution built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Media Platform (MMP) technologies, including Silverlight 4, IIS Media Services 4.0, and Expression Encoder 4. The MMP Content Manager is one of four MMP frameworks optimized around IIS Smooth Streaming and its open-specification adaptive streaming file format, known as PIFF (the Protected Interoperable File Format , adopted by the likes of Ultraviolet and Netflix ). It greatly simplifies the workflow for complex video streaming events, such as PDC 2010 and the types shown on the IIS Media Case Studies page...
The long-awaited Beta release of IIS Transform Manager is now available! With this release, we’ve incorporated some great feature requests from a large number of customers who have been running the Alpha release in commercial production for months. In addition to the previous ability to almost instantly convert Smooth Streaming content for use on Apple iOS devices, Transform Manager now also enables you to convert segmented .mp4 files to Smooth Streaming presentations and then apply DRM encryption. Add to this the new ability to scale out across multi-core HPC clusters, plus improved monitoring and management controls, and you have one very high-performance media transform engine at a very low price point. Features Here is a quick list of some of the major feature changes: Capability Status Apply Digital Rights Management New! Apply fine-grained logging controls & log rollover New! Auditing of all file movements and copies New! Configure auto-cleanup of Watch Folders New! Manage credentials...
At the Streaming Media East show next week, we are holding two half-day workshops on Monday, May 9 th , entitled " Upgrading From Windows Media to The Next Generation Microsoft Media Platform " and " Using SharePoint for Video Delivery and Content Management ". These workshops normally cost $245 to attend, but we have a few seats to fill, so are giving away five free passes to attendees who work at enterprise companies and are tasked with deploying video. Some of the topics that will be covered include: Learn how to easily upgrade your Windows Media infrastructure to the next-generation Microsoft Media Platform , which includes Silverlight, Expression Encoder, and IIS Media Services. See how to easily deliver your existing audio and video content (including Windows Media, MP3, Flash, QuickTime, and other formats) and learn how to create new content at higher quality and with smaller file sizes. Learn how to deliver video adaptively, cross-platform and cross-device, at...
WebMatrix is now available in final release form. :) What is WebMatrix? I first posted at the debut of WebMatrix beta back in July, describing WebMatrix as a complete Web development stack for pragmatic developers. WebMatrix elegantly integrates a Web server (IIS Express), database (SQL Compact) and programming frameworks (ASP.NET and PHP) into a single, integrated experience. Learn More and See it in Action You can learn more and see it in action on the WebMatrix home page . A list of some of the cool features is also online. Laurence Moroney also wrote a great tutorial for those who are new to Web development and want to get started with WebMatrix . WebMatrix makes it very easy to start a Web site using open source, including some of the most popular applications available like WordPress , Joomla , Drupal , DotNetNuke , Umbraco , ScrewTurn Wiki , and BlogEngine.NET . Join the WebMatrix Launch Event Today at 12:30 EST we’ll be live streaming...
Today is the start of the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC) 2010, and you can view it now – live or on-demand – at www.microsoftpdc.com . Powering the streaming at PDC is IIS Smooth Streaming, part of IIS Media Services . As usual, there will be plenty of big announcements at PDC, including new information about Windows Phone 7 and Windows Azure. Two announcements, made by Bob Muglia during the keynote (see http://bit.ly/VMonAzure and http://bit.ly/IISonAzure , respectively), affect IIS Media Services: Windows Azure will soon support a VM role so you can run a full Windows Server 2008 R2 image Full IIS and IIS Smooth Streaming support will soon be enabled natively on Azure! With this year's event, we have taken the media experience up another level. Not only are we providing live Smooth Streaming of the keynotes, but also concurrent live streaming of all sessions. All of this content will be available for on-demand viewing after the live event ends. The player experience...
On Thursday, September 16, StreamingMedia.com is sponsoring an online workshop on Encoding Best Practices and Strategies that will include Allan Poore from the Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro team. Delivery technologies such as IIS Smooth Streaming really improve the playback experience, but they assume that you start with high-quality video. The focus of the workshop will be a discussion on the latest tips, tricks, and technologies for making your video look the best it can. In this workshop, you will learn more about how to effectively balance issues such as format, codec, bit rate, and aspect ratio to get the best solution. You also need your encoding and transcoding processes to be efficient and cost-effective, and you will learn more about new technology options that can help. Planned topics include: Choosing video and audio formats Optimizing bitrate for bandwidth Transcoding content for multiple device delivery: PC, mobile, and TV Encoding and transcoding best practices Industry...
IIS Smooth Streaming , part of IIS Media Services , is one of the unifying themes in the "Digital Marketing & Experiences" section of the Microsoft exhibit at IBC this year. Held each September at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, IBC is billed as "the premier annual conference and exhibition for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and media content worldwide." Over 1,300 companies exhibit at the show, and over 45,000 attendees are expected during the event, which runs September 9 th – 14 th . In today's media-rich society, bringing high quality media experiences to people when, where, and how they want vital. Microsoft delivers an end-to-end media platform, making it easier for content owners and broadcasters to reach consumers across devices and operating systems. Smooth Streaming is a key part of this platform and integrated throughout the Microsoft platform and partner ecosystem. The Microsoft...
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