Principal Evangelist for Silverlight at Microsoft. Photographer and gadget geek.
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We have just pushed out an update to the Player Framework for Silverlight and Windows Phone that adds support for Silverlight 5, a long list of enhancements to our TTML (closed captioning) rendering, and a number of minor bug fixes that improve performance. Get it here.
Over the last few years, adaptive streaming of media content over HTTP has become the standard for streaming video delivery. Microsoft’s IIS Smooth Streaming has been one of the leading implementations of HTTP-based adaptive streaming, powering the live, HD video playback in some of the …
Recognizing the need for more and more of our partners to provide more sophisticated video playback experiences using the HTML5 video tag, we started an effort a few months back to port our Player Framework for Silverlight and Windows Phone over to HTML5. We are excited to announce our first …
We have just released an update to the Player Framework for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 that adds support for the new “Mango” 7.5 release of Windows Phone, updated support for the latest release of the IIS Smooth Streaming client, 18 new features and 33 bug fixes. Download it now.
We have just released a new version of the Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) and we’ve given it a new name – the Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework (MMPPF). Yes, it’s a bit more difficult to say, and we don’t get to refer to it as the “SMurF” any more, …
keywords media framework, media platform, media player, microsoft, microsoft media, new release, silverlight, smf
I’ve had a few people ask me where they can find how-tos, docs, and tutorial videos for developing with the SMF. We had originally added a bunch of video tutorials to silverlight.net but those never got updated when we release SMFv2. Instead, we hosted them on the CodePlex site. I’ll …
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We have just released version 2.3 of the Microsoft Silverlight Media Framework (SMFv2.3). This minor release focused primarily on supporting the new version of the IIS Smooth Streaming Client (v1.5) and fixed a number of bugs. Download the latest version here. Note: due to a schedule crunch we …
keywords bugs, crunch, framework v2, media framework, microsoft, microsoft silverlight, uncategorized
Registration for Microsoft MIX11 will open in late January with a special offer for early birds. If you register for MIX11 by February 11 you will save $500 on your conference pass and you’ll receive one free night for your hotel stay when you book two or more nights at the Mandalay Bay. If …
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If you’re considering writing an application for the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series devices you now have a great, free training resource available to you courtesy of Microsoft’s Channel 9 site and fellow Evangelist Clint Rutkus. We have just launched an all new series that teaches beginning …
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If you’re considering writing an application for the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series devices you now have a great, free training resource available to you courtesy of Microsoft’s Channel 9 site and fellow Evangelist Clint Rutkus. We have just launched an all new series that teaches beginning …
keywords channel 9, developers, development, evangelist, fellow, microsoft, microsoft windows, new windows, programming experience, tutorial, tutorials, windows phone
Principal Evangelist, Media Platform at Microsoft. The Blue Angels' biggest fan. Passionate about photography, film, and racing. http://madowney.com/blog
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