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3 replies. Latest Post by gjhdigital on July 29, 2008.
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AssafG
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07-29-2008 7:26 AM |
Hi,
I'm thinking about a web site (in asp.net ) that visitors can upload and view movies,
But I do not know if silverlight the right technology for it ?
And I would like to know if it is to soon for it ?
1. Can I "convert" on server to silverlight?
2. Is there a weight different between the format YouTube (4 example ) are using and silverlight movie weight ?
3. Do visitors need to install anything to view silverlight movie?
4. Do I need streaming on server (like in mepg files 4 example)?
Thanks a lot
Sergey.L...
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07-29-2008 8:40 AM |
1. What does "convert on server to silverlight" mean?
2. Look here;
3. Yes, they do. They must to install SL plug-in;
4. For streaming you can use Silverlight Streaming Service
07-29-2008 9:07 AM |
hi
Thanks a lot for your answer
Well I've just understand that I do not understand what is silverlight
And it is use 4
gjhdigital
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07-29-2008 9:28 PM |
Silverlight is similar to Flash or Flex as far as Rich Internet Applications with video, audio, animations and graphics, no html other than being hosted in the <object> tag or <div> tag.
I believe you want people to be able to upload a video to your site, and then in a Silverlight app, display the video with some cool graphics, and buttons, etc... Silverlight can play .mp3, .wma, and .wmv files.
You can convert just about any audio or video file to be played in a silverlight media element with the Expression Encoder program.
Yes, you can install Expression Encoder on your private web server and have a console application or windows service encode any uploaded audio/video file.
Expression Encoder download link: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc136533.aspx
Is silverlight the right technology for my needs ?