http://blogs.msdn.com/bursteg/archive/tags/IIS7/default.aspxTags: IIS7en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/bursteg/archive/2009/02/24/iis7-smooth-streaming-is-now-in-beta.aspxTue, 24 Feb 2009 11:38:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9442328Guy Burstein1http://blogs.msdn.com/bursteg/comments/9442328.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/bursteg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9442328http://blogs.msdn.com/bursteg/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9442328<h1>IIS7 Smooth Streaming is now in Beta</h1> <p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 25px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IIS7 Smooth Streaming Beta" border="0" alt="IIS7 Smooth Streaming Beta" align="left" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/bursteg/WindowsLiveWriter/IIS7SmoothStreamingisnowinBeta_8DE2/welcome_ce17984e-b910-48db-8167-bad7f4ad9de2.png" width="130" height="85" /> As of today, the <strong>Smooth Streaming Extension for IIS7 is in Beta</strong>. With this extension, video viewers can get much better experience by starting up instantly, seeking instantly, and getting the best quality that their network and CPU conditions will allow for any point in time. <strong>Smooth Streaming Extension for IIS7</strong>&#160; does this utilizing the benefits of HTTP caching, and by communicating using cacheable requests and responses, providing the best Quality of Service. </p> <p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/bursteg/WindowsLiveWriter/IIS7SmoothStreamingisnowinBeta_8DE2/image_5d072345-b570-4d9b-8d42-bbd529b42fb6.png" width="330" height="225" />A few month ago, Microsoft together with Akamai, launched <a href="http://www.smoothhd.com/">SmoothHD</a> – a site that demonstrates this technology. You can watch high definition videos with no buffering time, and see how it dynamically checks what is the best bit rate that fits your network bandwidth.</p> <p>You can install this extension using the new <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx">Web Platform Installer</a>, or download directly the <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/9/699A62EF-A784-4C0A-B5EF-AD6A38391ED1/SmoothX32.msi">x86</a> or the <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/6/C16B18C5-3648-4726-8984-5736F4A502EE/SmoothX64.msi">x64</a> version.</p> <p>For further reading, I would recommend starting with <a href="http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/558/smooth-streaming-for-iis-70---getting-started/" rel="nofollow">Getting Started with IIS 7 Smooth Streaming</a>, <a href="http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/568/smooth-streaming-for-iis-70---exploring-bit-rate-changes/" rel="nofollow">Simulate difference scenarios with the bit rate change</a> and go into <a href="Smooth Streaming for IIS 7.0 - Managing Your Presentations" rel="nofollow">some more advanced settings</a>. </p> <p>You could also encode your videos an upload them directly to your IIS Server using <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Overview.aspx?key=encoder">Expression Encoder 2 Service Pack 1</a>.</p> <p>For more extensions for IIS7, visit the <a href="http://www.iis.net/extensions">IIS7 Extensions</a> Page.</p> <p>Enjoy!</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9442328" width="1" height="1">Media PackIIS7