Announcing: Smooth Streaming Client SDK (Beta1 refresh) for Windows 8 RP

Today, after the release of Windows 8 Release Preview (RP), we are excited to announce the Beta1 refresh of Smooth Streaming Client SDK for Windows 8, which provides many improvements, added new features to integrate Smooth Streaming to video and media element in Windows 8 apps and supports the new Win8 RP.

Aligned to this release, Player Framework (Preview 3) for Windows 8 Release Candidate released which makes it easy for you to build rich apps that consume video and provides player controls that you can use in your Windows 8 Applications.

This version of the Smooth Streaming Client includes many improvements, supports multiple platforms (x86, x64 and ARM) and lights the following capabilities with the video and media element:

·         On-demand Playback (Play, Pause, Stop, Seek)

·         Live Playback (Playback)

·         VC-1 and H.264 codec support

·         TrickPlay (New in Beta refresh)

·         Slow motion (New in Beta refresh)

·         Content Protection w/ PlayReady integration

Getting Started

The initial release notes are available through IIS Learn Center and can be found here.

For get started with this new SDK, you can download the Smooth Streaming Client for Windows 8 (Beta) from the Visual Studio Gallery and Player Framework from CodePlex.

Step by steps instructions for building a basic HTML5 Smooth Streaming Windows 8 application; can be found here.

For Smooth Streaming PlayReady protected content support, you need “PlayReady Client SDK for Windows 8 Applications” and corresponding code blocks which can be downloaded from here.

Feedback

As this is a beta release, you’re likely to hit issues, have feature requests, or want to provide general feedback—we want to hear it all! Please use the Smooth Streaming Client on Windows 8 Forum thread to let us know what’s working, what isn’t, and how we can improve your Smooth Streaming development experience for Windows 8 applications.