Playready

Sometimes I blog to make it easy for me to find a URL later. This is one of those times.We’ve published a new whitepaper at Streamingmedia.com, the “Silverlight Migration Guide: Upgrading Your Windows Media Player Online Experiences.” It’s written by long-time Windows Media and Silverlight…

It's been discussed for a while, but the time is now - Netflix has just announced Silverlight 2 will power their streaming video service, which had been Windows-only until now. Silverlight 2 adds support for PlayReady DRM, so we now have the same DRM support on Mac and Windows. The service will be…

After months of hard work, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and its SDK are now available for download! The best overall description of what's in it is in this post from Scott Guthrie. Media Features in Silverlight 2 Beta 2Of course, my focus is on the media features. New to Beta 2 is:Hooks to enable…

NAB was a blast, as always. We had a great turnout at the booth and at our sessions relating to Silverlight, and the Compressionist Party was delightful as ever. My voice is still shot, though... We had a couple of big announcements around Silverlight I wanted to mention here. First, we…