Posted By: Charles | Apr 16th, 2007 @ 4:38 PM | 42,942 Views | 22 Comments
Microsoft Silverlight (announced today) is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in that supports rich media delivery over the web. But how do you create the rich media in the first place? Expression Media Encoder is one key element of the workflow: providing encoding, annotation, watermarking, and custom skins.

Dr Sneath visits James Clarke, one of the program managers on the Expression team to see an amazing end-to-end demo that shows the power of Expression Media Encoder and Silverlight working together.
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RichardRudek
RichardRudek
So what do you expect for nothin'... :P
Whoops. 404 error on download, and only right-channel audio on media stream.
RichardRudek
RichardRudek
So what do you expect for nothin'... :P
Yeah, I'm streaming at 331Kbits / s, just in case you have multiple streams setup. It's definately a problem with the stream.
Sorry - I think that's my fault. I was using a new professional camcorder, and I was a bit overwhelmed with all the knobs and buttons so I think it only recorded the right audio channel. I'm better with software than hardware - apologies for any inconvenience caused!
RichardRudek
RichardRudek
So what do you expect for nothin'... :P
An interesting video. Thanks.

PS: Tim, I can be a pedantic sod, at times. Which means that when I notice a problem, I tend to be distracted by it, and investigate. I figure there might be a few other like me, so letting them know up front may allow them to see pass it. Good work, anyway. I doubt I could operate a camera AND engage in a coherrent conversation at the same time - assuming you weren't cheating... Smiley
Good job.
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ZippyV
ZippyV
Fired Up

Is this application freely available just like the previous Windows Media Encoder?

So, it works on PC and those Mac things, but can only be created on PC because it is designed in WPF. Isn't that a problem...? I mean, I hate Macintosh computers but graphic/web designers (for no apparent reason) love them.

I have one request Channel 9 - make a new video player using this technology and have it ready for MIX! Tongue Out

Does this technology allow for buffered content in the way that youtube or soapbox does it? I hate when videos pause to buffer, I'd rather wait for the whole thing to buffer and then watch it.

PerfectPhase
PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman
Still watching, but is there any server type encoder that could be used for user uploaded files?

EDIT:  Answered sort of at ~25 minutes
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