Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using Microsoft

Creating Media Content for Microsoft Silverlight Using Microsoft Expression Encoder

Agenda

Related Sessions

Silverlight Web Media Workflow Experience Create Application Encode Content Deliver Content

Media Delivery Approaches Movie 04 06 08 Play Packet Seek Packet Movie Packet Pause Packet

The "Last Mile" Challenge Low Bandwidth Fast CPU “Best quality I can download” Edge Server “Best quality I can render” High Bandwidth Slow CPU High Bandwidth Fast CPU “Best quality, period ”

IIS Smooth Streaming

demo Multiple Encoding Levels

encode Experience Create Application Encode Content Deliver Content

Smooth Streaming Requirements

Encoding for Smooth Streaming Preset Quality Tweaks Custom settings

Preset

Tweaking Defaults

Tweaking Defaults

Custom Bitrate Levels

Mapping bitrates Example

Mapping Bitrates to Resolution

Making It Simple http: //alexzambelli. com/wmv/MBRCalc. html

Case Study: Smooth. HD. com

Case Study: Smooth. HD. com

Smooth Streaming Profiles Basic Encoding Profile: High Quality Encoding Profile: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1280 x 720 @ 2500 kbps 1056 x 592 @ 2000 kbps 848 x 480 @ 1500 kbps 640 x 352 @ 1100 kbps 424 x 240 @ 650 kbps 320 x 176 @ 400 kbps Used for most content on the site. 1280 x 720 @ 3000 kbps 1056 x 592 @ 2400 kbps 848 x 480 @ 1800 kbps 640 x 352 @ 1300 kbps 424 x 240 @ 800 kbps 320 x 176 @ 500 kbps Used for challenging content: Turner Sports music videos, NBA Finals, Elephants Dream

demo Encoding Big Buck Bunny

Tuning for Quality Chroma 4 5 Adaptive True Chroma Adaptive Hadamard True

create Experience Create Application Create Encode Content Deliver Content

Player Experiences

Differentiating Your Experience

Developing your Experience

demo Building a Media. Player

Choosing Development Path

Best Practices for Silverlight 2

Best Practices for Silverlight 3

products Expression Encoder Roadmap

Expression Encoder

Expression Encoder

Expression Encoder Roadmap Expression Encoder V 2 April 08 • Cuts Editing • New VC-1 Codecs • Smart Recompression • Multi-core/Multiprocessor • Animated Overlays • Object Model • De-interlacing • Inverse Telecine V 2 SP 1 Oct 08 • Top Tier Bug Fixes • IIS Smooth Streaming • H. 264 /AAC (Baseline) • SL V 2 Templates • Audio Overlay V 3 “Later this Year”

Expression Encoder 3

Screen Capture CPU Rate Quality FPS 15% 3. 4 Mbps High 10 fps WM Screen 53% 2. 7 Mbps Low 4 fps “Titanium” Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2. 33 GHz, 2 G RAM, 1024 x 768

Silverlight 3 Managed Decoder

Demo Expression Encoder V 3

deliver Experience Create Application Deliver Encode Content Deliver Content

Summary http: //www. iis. net/media http: //www. microsoft. com/expression http: //blogs. msdn. com/expressionencoder http: //www. clarkezone. net http: //on 10. net/blogs/benwagg/ Big Buck Bunny images and video (c) copyright Blender Foundation | www. bigbuckbunny. org

Remember: VC-1 Advanced Profile Disabled Enabled Elementary Stream Sequence Header Enabled