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Microsoft Silverlight
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• What is Silverlight Streaming?

• Visual Studio Integration
• Expression Encoder
• Administration
• APIs
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• 1.1 billion people use the Internet

• Broadband penetration continues to rise
• More consumers enjoy rich interactive
apps
• Differentiate user experiences
– Brand fidelity
– Repeat business
– Reach new markets
• You can monetize these trends with
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• Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live

offers a free streaming and application
hosting solution for delivering rich
interactive applications at low latency.

* See http://dev.live.com/silverlight and http://silverlight.live.com for more

information including limitations on free hosting and streaming
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Administration
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Uploading Videos

• Upload videos directly to Silverlight Streaming

• Silverlight Streaming servers encode the video “in the

cloud” – no need for Expression Encoder or third party
encoders

• The video file must be smaller than 105 MB

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Uploading Videos
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Uploading Videos

If your video is already

Silverlight-ready,
check this box to skip
transcoding.
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Uploading Videos
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Uploading Videos
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Uploading Videos
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Uploading Videos

Drop this HTML into

your web page to host
your Silverlight
Streaming video!

Or link directly to the

video
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Silverlight Admin

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Visual Studio Integration

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Visual Studio Integration

• Drag and Drop Silverlight Streaming apps into your

web page with Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio
http://dev.live.com/tools
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Visual Studio Integration

• Drag and Drop Silverlight Streaming apps into your

web page with Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio
http://dev.live.com/tools

<live:SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer
ID="SilverlightStreamingMedia1”
runat="server"
Height="240px" Width="320px"
MediaUrl="streaming:/22779/Videos/MyVid.wmv"
/>
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Visual Studio Integration

• Drag and Drop Silverlight Streaming apps into your

web page with Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio
http://dev.live.com/tools

<live:SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer
ID="SilverlightStreamingMedia1”
runat="server"
Height="240px" Width="320px"
MediaUrl="streaming:/22779/Videos/MyVid.wmv"
/>
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Silverlight Control

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Expression Encoder
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How to stream your Silverlight rich-media application

• Install Microsoft Expression Encoder -

Free Trial Download at http://www.microsoft.com/
expression/products/overview.aspx?key=encoder

• Install Silverlight Streaming Plug-In for

Expression Encoder – Link to free download
at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
familyid=0708E7D7-9BA1-448E-9C82-3D71E8979A1B&displaylang=e
n

• The Silverlight Streaming Publishing Plug-In

uses the Silverlight Streaming API to upload
content directly from Expression Encoder
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Import your video

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Import your video

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Encode Video
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Publish – Select Silverlight Streaming

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Publish!

Get your AccountID and

Key at http://
silverlight.live.com/
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Publish!
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Publish!

Drop this HTML into

your web page to host
your Silverlight
Streaming application!
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Improved
administration –
monitor Silverlight
Streaming free space
inside Encoder
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Expression Encoder

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Development APIs
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• Administration Web Site

• Expression Encoder Plug-In
• REST API
• WebDav
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Get Started

• Stream your media today!

http://silverlight.live.com

• SDK, Docs, QuickStarts

http://dev.live.com/silverlight
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