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  • Microsoft Media Platform Video Editor (former RCE) 2.0 – Silverlight 5 Refresh released

    Published by Ezequiel Jadib on April 12th, 2012 2:20 pm under Adaptive Streaming, CSM, Composite Stream Manifest, Live Smooth Streaming, MMP Video Editor, Media, Microsoft Media Platform, RCE, Rough Cut Editing, SSME, Silverlight, Silverlight 5, Smooth Streaming, Smooth Streaming Media Element

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    Heads up! A refresh of the MMP Video Editor 2.0 was released today. This release doesn’t contain any new feature and is just a refresh to use the latest Silverlight 5. The 2.0 release was built using the Silverlight 5 Beta bits, which already expired so some users were getting the message “This application was... read more
  • Microsoft Media Platform Video Editor (former RCE) 2.0 just released

    Published by Damian Schenkelman on October 3rd, 2011 1:40 pm under Adaptive Streaming, CSM, Composite Application Guidance for WPF & SL, Composite Stream Manifest, Emerging Technology, Live Smooth Streaming, Media, Microsoft Media Platform, Prism, Prism-v2.2, RCE, Rough Cut Editing, Silverlight, Silverlight 5, Smooth Streaming

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    Today, the new version of the Microsoft Media Platform (MMP) Video Editor was released to the public. The new release is based on Silverlight 5, and has a lot (really a lot!) of new features (fully listed below), such as a UI based on floating windows, and a new Sub-Clip tool which gives editors more... read more
  • Quick Tip: Smooth Streaming suddenly stops working

    Published by Ezequiel Jadib on August 17th, 2011 12:35 pm under Adaptive Streaming, Emerging Technology, IIS7, Live Smooth Streaming, Media, Smooth Streaming

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    A few days ago I noticed that smooth streaming had stopped working in my development machine. Every time I tried to GET a manifest, I received the infamous HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error screen. My first try to fix this was, obviously, reinstalling the IIS Media Services package. Sadly, that didn’t help. After... read more
  • MMP Video Editor Transform Manager Task updated to IIS Transform Manager 1.0 Beta

    Published by Ezequiel Jadib on June 29th, 2011 10:33 am under Adaptive Streaming, Emerging Technology, IIS Transform Manager, IIS7, MMP Video Editor, Media, Microsoft Media Platform, RCE, Rough Cut Editing, Smooth Streaming

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    A few months ago, Microsoft published the Beta version of the IIS Transform Manager. This new release contains an incredible set of new features, explained here by Chris Knowlton. Back in the Alpha days, I wrote an IIS Transform Manager Task that takes an Microsoft Media Platform Video Editor (formerly Rough Cut Editor) Project XML... read more
  • Microsoft Media Platform Video Editor SP2 Released

    Published by Damian Schenkelman on June 1st, 2011 9:56 am under Adaptive Streaming, CSM, Composite Stream Manifest, Live Smooth Streaming, Media, Microsoft Media Platform, Prism, RCE, Rough Cut Editing, SSME, Silverlight, Silverlight 4, Smooth Streaming, Smooth Streaming Media Element

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    On Monday, Microsoft released the Service Pack 2 version of the Microsoft Media Platform Video Editor (formerly known as RCE). This version includes all the new features and bug fixes that were included in SP1, an important fix for an issue that occurs when playing live smooth streaming videos and a minor fix in the... read more
  • MIX 11 and NAB–It’s a Wrap!

    Published by Tim Osborn on April 20th, 2011 2:02 am under Emerging Technology, Events, Guidance, Media, Smooth Streaming

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    Last week a group of Southies converged in Las Vegas to support several deliverables for both MIX 11 and NAB. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, NAB draws more than 90,000+ media and entertainment professionals from over 150 countries. The Microsoft NAB booth was impressive as always, and as an IIS  Media Services Partner,... read more
  • Silverlight Rough Cut Editor SP1 Released

    Published by Ezequiel Jadib on January 14th, 2011 4:15 pm under Adaptive Streaming, CSM, Composite Stream Manifest, Live Smooth Streaming, Media, Prism, RCE, Rough Cut Editing, SSME, Silverlight, Silverlight 4, Smooth Streaming, Smooth Streaming Media Element

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    Microsoft just released the SP1 version of the Silverlight Rough Cut Editor. This service pack addresses some of the most requested requirements by the community. In this post you will find detailed information about what this release contains.   Service Pack Content In this service pack you will find: The RCE migrated to Visual Studio... read more
  • Live from San Telmo!

    Published by Tim Osborn on December 13th, 2010 11:16 pm under Media, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming

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    At our December company meeting we used Expression Encoder and IIS Media Services to stream the presentations live via smooth streaming to employees that couldn’t join in person. We’ve been working closely with Microsoft’s media technology for some time and it’s something well worth a look, as you seek to improve communications amongst a potentially... read more
  • PDC 10 Streaming Live and On-Demand

    Published by Tim Osborn on October 28th, 2010 2:01 pm under Events, Media, Projects, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming

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    D’oh! While you spent a few days thinking about whether to attend PDC 10  or not, the decision was made for you: it quickly sold out. Will you have to wait until your colleagues return or the content is made available for download for you to experience the event? No – you can watch it... read more
  • Silverlight Media Pulse

    Published by Tim Osborn on September 7th, 2010 9:02 pm under Develop, Media, Projects, Silverlight

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    For NAB 2010, Xytech demonstrated a Silverlight proof of concept version of MediaPulse, their comprehensive and feature-rich resource, work order, and asset management solution for broadcasters, media services companies and transmission service providers. The Silverlight application connects to Xytech’s asset management backend services to provide searching, browsing, video playback, and metadata management. Additionally users can... read more
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