The attached .ZIP file contains a modified version of the Expression Encoder "Silverlight Default" player template with a new Playlist parameter feature "StartAudioVolume" -- this allows you to specify the audio volume at start up. Inside the .ZIP...

Based on customer feedback, I've made a change to the CPU Heuristic that might be of use. The changed is the a configuration parameter that sets a minimum bitrate for the CPU Heuristic to consider suspending. I've set a default minimum bitrate of one...

If you've created a customized player template using EE2SP1 or EE3 and have now upgraded to EE4 in is necessary to upgrade your custom template as well in order to render smooth streaming content. The smooth streaming manifest format has changed between...

In the player templates for Expression Encoder 3 and 4 the “Silverlight Default” and “Smooth Streaming Graphic Player” provide a complex diagnostic graph that provides a lot of detailed information about which bitrate is being...

1) Install Expression Encoder 4 2) Install Visual Studio 2010 3) Download and install the “Silverlight 4 SDK” http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=55b44da3-e5de-4d2a-8eaf-1155ca6b3207 4) Download...

1) Install Expression Encoder 4 2) Install Expression Blend 4 3) Download, install and register "Visual Studio C# 2010 Express" http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/ (skip this step if you have full Visual Studio 2010 installed) 4) Launch...

The Expression Encoder 4 player templates have had the following major updates since Expression Encoder 3 Converted to Silverlight 4 Replaced use of Expression Encoder Smooth Streaming Media Stream Source with the IIS Client Team's "SmoothStreamingMediaElement...

The Expression Encoder 3 Smooth Streaming Media Stream Source allows configuration via a file “SmoothStreamingConfig.XML” when it is placed in the same folder on the webserver as the copy of ”SmoothStreaming.XAP”. An archetypical copy of “SmoothStreamingConfig...

It’s trickier than you thought, but it isn’t that bad When you edit a copy of an Expression Encoder 3 template in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 – sometimes after you make changes they don’t always work as you expected the first time. So you have to debug...

I've attached the PPTX from my presentation at the Silverlight Summit

ZIP file attached to post contains the complete source code for the extended player I'm demonstrating at the Silverlight Summit

The Silverlight 2 player templates included with Expression Encoder SP1 were released without enabling scripting from JavaScript. Here is how to customize the Silverlight 2 templates to allow scripting. 1) In Expression Encoder SP1 select...