Channel 9 - Entries tagged with DirectShow Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with DirectShow http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/directshow Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/directshow en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:07:04 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:07:04 GMT Rev9 2 1 25 SignalR, Azure, a Logitech BCC950, some "Little Scott" and a Cloud-Controlled Remote Pan Tilt Zoom Camera Today's Hardware Friday post isn't .Net Micro Framework, Netduino or even Gadgeteer (yeah, I know! Wow!) yet it is hardware related. Plus it's been a while since I've highlighted work from the one and only Scott Hanselman (After seeing him again at //build/... well, MAN that guy can give a talk! If you've never seen him give one, see him give one. And of course you call know you can catch his //build/ sessions on-demand, right?). Anyway, without further ado...

Cloud-Controlled Remote Pan Tilt Zoom Camera API for a Logitech BCC950 Camera with Azure and SignalR

As a remote worker for almost 5 years now, I live in video conferences. I feel really strongly about the power of seeing someone's face rather than just being a voice on a scratchy speaker phone. I've build an AutoAnswer Kiosk for Lync with some friends that you can get for free at http://lyncautoanswer.com (and read about the code here), I've got a BusyLight so the kids know I'm on a call, and the Holy Grail for the last few years has been a reliable Pan Tilt Zoom camera that I could control remotely.

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A few years ago I super-glued a LifeCam camera to an Eagletron TrackerPod and build a web interface to it. I wanted to do this on the cheap as I can't afford (and my boss is into) a $1500 Panasonic IP Camera.

The Solution...er, the Problem

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As Scott so often does, he takes a personal challenge, solves it, shares it with us all the while teaching us how to fish...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/SignalR-Azure-a-Logitech-BCC950-some-Little-Scott-and-a-Cloud-Controlled-Remote-Pan-Tilt-Zoom-Camera Today's Hardware Friday post isn't .Net Micro Framework, Netduino or even Gadgeteer (yeah, I know! Wow!) yet it is hardware related. Plus it's been a while since I've highlighted work from the one and only Scott Hanselman (After seeing him again at //build/... well, MAN that guy can give a talk! If you've never seen him give one, see him give one. And of course you call know you can catch his //build/ sessions on-demand, right?). Anyway, without further ado... Cloud-Controlled Remote Pan Tilt Zoom Camera API for a Logitech BCC950 Camera with Azure and SignalRAs a remote worker for almost 5 years now, I live in video conferences. I feel really strongly about the power of seeing someone's face rather than just being a voice on a scratchy speaker phone. I've build an AutoAnswer Kiosk for Lync with some friends that you can get for free at http://lyncautoanswer.com (and read about the code here), I've got a BusyLight so the kids know I'm on a call, and the Holy Grail for the last few years has been a reliable Pan Tilt Zoom camera that I could control remotely. Related Reading30 Tips for Successful Communication as a Remote Worker The Remote Worker category on this blog A few years ago I super-glued a LifeCam camera to an Eagletron TrackerPod and build a web interface to it. I wanted to do this on the cheap as I can't afford (and my boss is into) a $1500 Panasonic IP Camera. The Solution...er, the Problem.... As Scott so often does, he takes a personal challenge, solves it, shares it with us all the while teaching us how to fish... http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/SignalR-Azure-a-Logitech-BCC950-some-Little-Scott-and-a-Cloud-Controlled-Remote-Pan-Tilt-Zoom-Camera Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/SignalR-Azure-a-Logitech-BCC950-some-Little-Scott-and-a-Cloud-Controlled-Remote-Pan-Tilt-Zoom-Camera Greg Duncan Greg Duncan 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/SignalR-Azure-a-Logitech-BCC950-some-Little-Scott-and-a-Cloud-Controlled-Remote-Pan-Tilt-Zoom-Camera/RSS C# Coding4Fun DirectShow Windows Media Workflow at Starz: Episode 2 of 3 - The Architecture Starz Entertainment, the providers of premium TV channels like Starz and Encore and Vongo downloadable movies has built their entire media infrastructure around Windows Media.  Stephen Smith, Director of Media System Integration walks us through the entire workflow and architecture of the system that they built. 

This is a 3-part series, first showing the hardware, then the architecture, then the software that they built.

In this second part focusing on the architecture, Stephen whiteboards out their entire media architecture that is based on a 200 terabyte SAN of Windows Media digital masters.  Using Windows Workflow Foundation to automate the application of  DirectShow filters to Windows Media files, Starz has built a media delivery pipeline that lets them create media in a variety of formats.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Windows-Media-Workflow-at-Starz-Episode-2-of-3-The-Architecture Starz Entertainment, the providers of premium TV channels like Starz and Encore and Vongo downloadable movies has built their entire media infrastructure around Windows Media.  Stephen Smith, Director of Media System Integration walks us through the entire workflow and architecture of the system that they built.  This is a 3-part series, first showing the hardware, then the architecture, then the software that they built. In this second part focusing on the architecture, Stephen whiteboards out their entire media architecture that is based on a 200 terabyte SAN of Windows Media digital masters.  Using Windows Workflow Foundation to automate the application of  DirectShow filters to Windows Media files, Starz has built a media delivery pipeline that lets them create media in a variety of formats. 1300 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Windows-Media-Workflow-at-Starz-Episode-2-of-3-The-Architecture Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:37:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Windows-Media-Workflow-at-Starz-Episode-2-of-3-The-Architecture Michael S. Scherotter Michael S. Scherotter 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Communicating/Windows-Media-Workflow-at-Starz-Episode-2-of-3-The-Architecture/RSS DirectShow Windows Media Windows Media Center Windows Workflow