Expression Encoder

Important News for Users of the Microsoft® Silverlight™ Streaming by Windows Live™ Beta

clarkezone — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:05:12 GMT

Summary: · Microsoft Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live Beta is being discontinued and will eventually be taken down. · A new Windows® Azure™-based hosting and delivery service will be launched by the end of 2009, though this is not a direct replacement...(read more)

Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 FAQ

ericjut — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:19:00 GMT

General Q. What is Microsoft Expression Encoder 3? A: Expression Encoder is a professional encoding tool that offers enhancement, encoding, and publishing of rich video experiences with Microsoft Silverlight. Convert and compress multiple video formats...(read more)

How to get Expression Encoder to work with the latest Apple QuickTime (7.64.17.0 and greater)

ericjut — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:55:00 GMT

In their recent QuickTime update, Apple added a new DLL dependency to their SDK which unfortunately breaks our QuickTime integration. Until this situation is resolved in a more permanent fashion, here is a workaround to get QuickTime to work again in...(read more)

A new way to get the full version of Expression Encoder 3

clarkezone — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:48:51 GMT

We have just made available a new option that allows users to purchase the full version of Expression Encoder as a standalone product. To recap what this means, let’s start with the free version of Expression Encoder. This is available from...(read more)

Using the XBox360 Preset to Encode HD Content

ericjut — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:07:00 GMT

To allow the encoded files to playback seamlessly in most environments, including when streamed on a wireless network, the XBox 360 preset uses a bandwidth of 4Mbps while preserving the video frame size of the original file. This is fine for standard...(read more)

What’s New in the Expression Encoder 3 SDK?

deanro — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:51:00 GMT

When Encoder 3 is installed we now install the API help file, intellisense files and the sample projects, so you’re ready to go with the SDK as soon as Encoder is installed. You will find a SDK link on the start menu that will take you to the folder from...(read more)

Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 is available for download

clarkezone — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:35:53 GMT

We are very pleased to announce that both Expression Studio 3 trial and Expression Encoder 3 are now available to download: Encoder: here Studio: here In this release we have taken on board your feedback and simplified the product line. There are...(read more)

What’s new in Expression Encoder 3

clarkezone — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:59:22 GMT

We on the Expression Encoder team are proud to announce that Expression Encoder 3 is complete and will shortly be available! Since releasing V2 SP1 back in November of 2008 we have worked hard to improve core encoding capabilities, continued...(read more)

IIS Smooth Streaming server component beta released

clarkezone — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:13:57 GMT

Back in October, we announced a new Microsoft video delivery technology called IIS Smooth Streaming . In a nutshell, this approach combines both client (based on Silverlight ) and server (based on IIS ) components that, together, deliver scalable...(read more)

New Silverlight Streaming Publishing plugin for Expression Encoder: Silverlight 2 support

clarkezone — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:30:35 GMT

We just released an update to the Silverlight Streaming publishing plugin to support the Silverlight 2 templates that were added in Expression Encoder 2 SP1 . You can get it from the Download Center here ....(read more)

Expression Encoder 2 SDK Updated for Service Pack 1

deanro — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:26:03 GMT

We’ve just released an update to the SDK, which now incorporates the new features in Expression Encoder 2 Service Pack 1. Here are the main things that are new in the SDK :- We’ve improved the formatting of the help file so things are hopefully a little...(read more)

Expression Encoder 2 SP1 is released

clarkezone — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:46:29 GMT

SP1 has just gone live here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A29BE9F9-29E1-4E70-BF67-02D87D3E556E&displaylang=en In addition to the enhancements that are documented in this post , the update includes support for the authoring...(read more)

Expression Encoder 2 SP1 and IIS Smooth Streaming

clarkezone — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:14:30 GMT

Today we are announcing: IIS Smooth Streaming, a new adaptive streaming technology evolved from work done for the web distribution NBC Olympics. Akamai is launching a preview of a new service called “Akamai AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Microsoft Silverlight”...(read more)

Announcing Expression Encoder 2 SP1

clarkezone — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:04:20 GMT

Since the release of Expression Encoder 2 back in May of this year, we’ve been hard at work on new features. Today we are announcing Expression Encoder 2 SP1, which we plan to release by the end of the year as a free upgrade to Expression Encoder 2. There...(read more)

Silverlight and Expression Encoder to support H.264

clarkezone — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:33:24 GMT

In case you missed this press release , we just announced that H.264 support is coming to both Silverlight and Expression Encoder. Later this week, at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) 2008 in Amsterdam, Microsoft Corp. will demonstrate...(read more)