Jul 10, 2009
So, Silverlight 3 was released today, and the Expression Studio is available in a public release candidate, including the awesome Expression Encoder 2. I'll have a bunch more to say about it, of course, but first off let me just provide links to the important...
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Jul 09, 2009
The newest in my "Silverlight Guru" interviews with Troy Dreier is up now. It offers a concise overview of some of the big features we have coming for Silverlight 3 and with our encoding infrastructure. http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=11268...
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May 02, 2009
So, this is irrationally exciting for me; what's perhaps the first UGC (user-generated content) in Smooth Streaming. Two of our awesome evangelists, Tim Heuer and Arturo Toldeo were in New Zealand for WEB09 . They were invited to do a code-off with three...
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Tags: Smooth StreamingIISsilverlightExpression EncoderTim HeuerNigel ParkerArturo ToldeoUGC
Apr 14, 2009
I was out sick last week, and I’m not emotionally prepared to admit that NAB is next week. But it shall be, and once again, I shall be there. Compressionist Party: Tuesday, April 21st, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm And, as many of you have emailed me to ask about...
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Mar 20, 2009
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...
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Mar 19, 2009
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...
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Mar 09, 2009
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...
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Feb 25, 2009
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...
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