RTW of Live Smooth Streaming is now… Live.

jboch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:22:00 GMT

We’re excited to announce that IIS Media Services 3.0, which includes the RTW of Live Smooth Streaming is now available for download (WebPI, x86, x64). This release builds on the Beta’s functionality that delivered:

Smooth bit-rate switching that provides your users the best possible quality at that moment in time
Massive scalability through the use of cacheable HTTP
Integrated Network DVR

The team has been hard at work since the Beta making the product better. So what’s new in RTW? Here are the highlights...

High Availability – multi-tier scalability and failover
24/7 and long-running event support
Ad insertion support

Try it out today by following the steps in one of the following walkthroughs:

You can also download the new Smooth Streaming Deployment Guide for a step-by-step description of the encoding, server, and client set up for Smooth Streaming in a single document. Finally, don’t forget to check out the IIS Media Services Showcase, which gives a visual overview of the IIS Smooth Streaming deployments to date and a flavor for the kinds of experiences they delivered to users.

Please don’t hesitate to provide feedback on this release. Look forward to hearing about your experience…

IIS Media Services 2.0, Smooth Streaming is RTW!

jboch — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:53:39 GMT

Today marks the start of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, and we brought our “A” game with a press release announcing the immediate availability of IIS Media Services 2.0 RTW (WebPI, x86, x64), including the first full production release of Smooth Streaming. You can try the experience for yourself on iis.net, and learn more on the media landing page.

We are also pleased to have a key group of encoding ISVs announcing Smooth Streaming support with us, including Digital Rapids, Envivio Inc., Grab Networks Inc. (Anystream), Inlet Technologies, Rhozet, Telestream Inc., VBrick Systems Inc., ViewCast Corp. and Winnov Inc. This gives our customers lots of great choices for encoding compatible content and integrating Smooth Streaming delivery with their existing workflows. If you’re at NAB, come by the Microsoft booth to see demos of On-Demand and Live Smooth Streaming, including Live streams protected by PlayReady encryption.

There are two releases available side-by-side on iis.net and through the Web Platform Installer:

IIS Media Services 2.0 RTW – the production-ready release announced today. Includes:

Smooth Streaming
Bitrate Throttling
Web Playlists

IIS Media Services 3.0 Beta – a preview of new features in 3.0 made available in March at MIX. Includes:

Live Smooth Streaming
Advanced Logging

For production deployments, you’ll want to use the 2.0 RTW, but if you are looking to try the full range of functionality available, get them both! And as always, we’d love to hear your feedback. Feel free to use this feedback thread, or start a new one for your specific question.

I will post more in depth on the technology, common questions, and couple of interesting scenarios in the coming weeks…

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RTW of Live Smooth Streaming is now… Live.

IIS Media Services 2.0, Smooth Streaming is RTW!