Cliff Simpkins

If you're having issues viewing the videos over Ch9's infrastructure (it seems to hit some people and not others), you can also try viewing the version hosted on PluralSight's servers.

You should be able to download the files without [too much of a] problem. The files are Windows Media files and are definitely downloadable. In later episodes, I was able to make more than the high quality format available, but these should still not be prohibitively large for your mp3 player of choice.

For me (using IE8), I can download the file by clicking on the 'down arrow' under the thumbnail image, right-clicking on the 'Screencast' option, and then select 'Save Target As...' from the context menu.

Hope this helps,
Cliff

This is a long time after your post (and you likely got your answer - I hope ), but the code for the screencasts are posted along with the videos on the PluralSight site. For this screencast, the sample code can be found here.

As for using Workflow Services, there are other screencasts for doing this. As an example, check out the one on using the WF 3.5 Receive Activity.

(BTW - I really wish we had the ability to be notified when comments were posted...but I digress )

The source code can be found up on the PluralSight page for this screencase.

Hope this helps,
Cliff

It still looks okay to me on Vista and Win7 - are you downloading? watching 'streamed'? Are you using Windows Media Player to watch it? Or another app?

Thanks,
Cliff

Thanks Ryan,

How do you define "the whole series"? You can view all of the WCF screencasts using the Channel9 tag for WCF Endpoint Screencasts. We're also trying to regularly list the series on the MSDN Dev Center WCF screencasts page.

Hope this helps!
Cliff

Ack! The video hadn't processed.

Okay, took this offline for 5 minutes and reprocessed the video. It's up and showing now.

Thanks for the comment!

How far did you try listening through the screencast? There is only one slide (title slide) for about 45 seconds, then it goes to Visual Studio for demonstration.

(I tried it from my desktop and laptop, and both seem to be working okay)

If you haven't already done so, Kenny Wolf shows off writing a custom WF 4.0 activity using "M" in his WF 4.0: A First Look session at PDC (from about 53 minute mark to about 55 minute mark).

It's great to hear it talked about, but amazing to see in action.

By 'syndicated like the episodes' - I assume you mean why don't they have the video attached to the RSS feed. That primarily comes down to the way Channel9 treats videos classified as 'screencasts'. When we select 'screencast' as the video type, it sets it up so that when you click on the 'video' on the left, it opens it up in your video player of choice as opposed to opening it up embeded in the webpage. Some of the early feedback we received was that folks didn't realize you could click on 'Downloads' and select WMV from there, and were frustrated with having to read code in the embedded player. So we kept them with a 'screencast' classifications.

The downsides are: no embeddable player by default (which would be great for blogging) and the video links aren't attached to the feeds. I believe the accepted assumption is that most people use screencasts when needed, as opposed to subscribing to them like a typical 'show'.

That being said, I'll follow up with the Channel9 folks to get a more complete answer. Would there be a preference for video feeds for the screencast videos (and having them show up in the same format/player as the podcasts) over the current posting format?

Hi Joe,

I gave it a try both by clicking on the 'Screencast' pic and using the 'Download' -> 'Screencast' link, and both worked out for me.

My initial guess is you hit a hiccup on server/network as it 'streams' (well, downloads ahead of the playing) and it just ran out of cached WMV to play. Did it continue to give you trouble?

They posted the sessions and videos from PDC. Check out the video of Kenny's session 'WF 4.0 - A First Look.'