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Last week was a big one for Smooth Streaming! IIS Media Services 3.0, the IIS7 media extensions pack containing Smooth Streaming, has completed its 6-month beta development cycle and has been released to Web. You can download it here: http://www.iis.net/extensions/LiveSmoothStreaming Chris Knowlton has written an excellent summary of everything that’s gone into this release. Here’s just a brief list of components: Smooth Streaming , adaptive streaming of media over HTTP Live Smooth Streaming...( read more ) Read More...
Has it really been 5 months since my last post? Well, one of the reasons why I’ve been so inactive here is because I’ve been busy working on this project: Today we are launching the NBC Sunday Night Football website: http://snfextra.nbcsports.com featuring a truly cutting-edge video player powered by Microsoft Silverlight and IIS7 Smooth Streaming. The first game, Titans vs Steelers, is to be broadcast today (September 10th) at 5 pm PST. The next game, Bears vs Packers, is scheduled for...( read more ) Read More...
Last day here at NAB in Las Vegas, so it’s a perfect time to take a look at what we’ve done at NAB this year. Ben Waggoner has put together an excellent summary on his blog:
http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/NAB-Day-1-Smooth-Streaming-released-1080p-in-Silverlight-new-VC-1-and-more/
So the big news is: IIS Media Services 2.0 (featuring on-demand Smooth Streaming) has been officially released to Web, a [...]...( read more ) Read More...
I know that many of you have been reading my blog for information about IIS Smooth Streaming. I’ve posted a series of posts on that topic, but sometimes blog posts can be difficult to aggregate. So if you’re looking for a single, one-stop-shop for information about Smooth Streaming, you can now download a white paper [...]...( read more ) Read More...
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: Joe Stegman (Microsoft)
Microsoft Silverlight Media End-to-End
Speaker: Alex Zambelli (Microsoft)
Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using [...]...( read more ) Read More...
Though blogging in Las Vegas might sound like a party foul, this has been an amazing week for Silverlight media - so much that I feel a sudden urge to report on it right now, right here.
Silverlight 3 Beta
A mere 5 months after releasing Silverlight 2 RTW, we have now made Silverlight 3 Beta available [...]...( read more ) Read More...
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 since you’re already reading this blog) and plan on visiting MIX 2009, I suggest you [...]...( read more ) Read More...
I will try to keep this FAQ up to date, so you may want to bookmark it and check it for updates every now and then.
Q: What is Smooth Streaming?
A: Smooth Streaming is Microsoft’s implementation of HTTP-based adaptive streaming.
Q: What is adaptive streaming?
A: It is a hybrid content delivery method which acts like traditional streaming [...]...( read more ) Read More...
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 uniform Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Smooth Streaming lead Program Manager John Bocharov has a detailed [...]...( read more ) Read More...
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