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Ben Waggoner Shares his Encoding Magic for 720p at 2Mbs
16 March 08 12:54 PM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

I just viewed this over a busy hotel wireless connection and I'm amazed: http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/21587/ I still have so much to learn from Ben!  He's hosting the video on our free Silverlight Streaming Services and encoding with the new Expression...( Read More...

Filed under: Silverlight, silverlight.live.com, Expression Encoder

50 Years of LEGO
28 January 08 10:59 PM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

If anyone went to the Google home page today (I'm sure there were a few) they would have found the Google banner commemorating 50 years of the LEGO block. LEGO blocks were my favorite toy as a child; I spent hours building, rebuilding, designing, creating,...( Read More...

Filed under: Silverlight, Expression Blend, Expression Encoder, Lego

Webinar Recording Posted: Creating a Windows Workflow Activity for Expression Encoder
10 January 08 01:58 PM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

A recording of today's webinar on creating a Windows Workflow activity for Expression Encoder has just been posted. You can find it along with other recordings of past webinars here . If you like the look of this Workflow, it's because I created a Custom...( Read More...

Filed under: Expression Encoder, Windows Workflow Foundation

CDN Publishing Possible from Expression Encoder
14 December 07 11:41 AM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

My colleague Tim Heuer, posted a great example of how you might extent Expression Encoder to encode and upload content to a Content Delivery Networks (CDN). If you've used the Expression Encoder add-in for Silverlight Streaming , you've seen an example...( Read More...

Filed under: silverlight.live.com, Expression Encoder, CDN

Webcast Recording Posted: Encoding Q&A with Ben Waggoner
04 December 07 03:39 PM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

If you were able to attend the Q&A session with Microsoft resident encoding expert Ben Waggoner , you would have seen 31 attendees peppering Ben with questions for just over an hour. If you missed it, you can view a recording here . Recordings of...( Read More...

Filed under: Expression Encoder, Q&A

Adding "Press Play" to a Silverlight Media Player
23 November 07 10:45 AM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

I just added an animated "Press Play" graphic to the Silverlight Media Player created with Expression Encoder. I created the graphic (with animation) as a separate XAML file so it can be easily reused. To see it in action, see this blog post . Feel free...(read more)

Filed under: Silverlight, SynergisTV, Expression Encoder

Encoding Formats for Silverlight Video
21 November 07 09:31 AM | Synergist | 0 Comments   

As you can see, I have been experimenting with posting video on my blog now that I have a HD Video Camera ( JVC GZ-HD7U ). I have been trying various encoding formats in Expression Encoder to get a good balance of bit-rate and quality. Here is my workflow:...(read more)

Filed under: Video, Sony Vegas, Silverlight, silverlight.live.com, Expression Blend, Expression Design, UVNTV.com, SynergisTV, Expression Encoder, Charette