Video and Media

Re: Re: WMV Conversion and Streaming

MayurGondaliya — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:37:11 GMT

Is it possible to convert the videos to WMV using C# ? I am able to do this using FFMPEG. But, the destination WMV file does not play in my silverlight player or windows media player. Is there any library provided by Microsoft for this? Please advice.

Re: WMV Conversion and Streaming

uninspired — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:26:42 GMT

Might be overkill for your needs, but I've yet to find anything that competes with ProCoder (http://desktop.grassvalley.com/products/ProCoderSW/index.php) as far as sheer format compatibility (especially decoding) goes. It's an alternate brand but uses the basic guts from Rhozet Carbon Coder, and at a fraction of the cost.

Re: Re: WMV Conversion and Streaming

WebAppGuy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:39:45 GMT

Ya I have looked into Expression Encoder. But unfortunately it does not convert from enough formats. For example .flv or mjpeg encodings. I have also looked into ffmpeg, which does most of the conversions but quality is kinda low. I have also looked into Direct Show with not much luck on quality eaither.

Re: WMV Conversion and Streaming

bryant — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:34:23 GMT

Doesn't convert all other media to WMV, but you should at least take a look at Expression Encoder.

Import files from the content creation application of your choice. AVI, QuickTime, MPEG and any codec with a DirectShow decoder can be imported into Expression Encoder and output as a WMV, ready for Silverlight.

WMV Conversion and Streaming

WebAppGuy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:27:01 GMT

Hello,

I was wondering if I could get some adivice for good video conversion software that will convert virtually any other format video to wmv. I need to be able to control the conversion process in c#. We currently have a media hosting system that uses flash. We use on 2 video engine to convert everything to .flv videos and it works nicely. But recently we have been talking about switching to silverlight for our media solution. I havent been able to find any good video engines out there like On2 for wmv conversion. Any help, tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you