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Last post Aug 14, 2007 09:06 AM by y_makram

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  • hari_29

    hari_29

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    Not able to play WMV HD videos with Silverlight

    Aug 14, 2007 07:34 AM | LINK

    Hi,

    I am trying to play High Definition (WMV HD) video of 720p with silverlight. But it is not playing. Though I am able to play normal WMV videos in silverlight.

    Can anyone please tell me how to do that using XAML and Javascript.  

    thanks

    Hari 

     

  • y_makram

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    Re: Not able to play WMV HD videos with Silverlight

    Aug 14, 2007 07:46 AM | LINK

    I believe the audio profile may be the problem, Silverlight does not support the professional audio profile, you can use Windows media encoder to re-encode the file with a lower audio profile. Check this forum thread for supported and unsupported formats.
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    Yasser Makram
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  • hari_29

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    Re: Re: Not able to play WMV HD videos with Silverlight

    Aug 14, 2007 08:02 AM | LINK

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply. Actually I am very new to all this. Want to know, if I have a video file(WMV), how should I know these details (audio profile etc.) in it. Also If i want to maintain the same quality in video (the video is of WMV HD format of 720p and i want to retain this quality). Please guide me how should I go about.

    I am using Robotica_720.wmv from following site

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx

  • y_makram

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    Re: Re: Not able to play WMV HD videos with Silverlight

    Aug 14, 2007 09:06 AM | LINK

    You can open the file in Windows media player, and choose File -> Properties to see the media properties.

    To re-encode the file, you can use Windows Media Encoder to re-encode the file. Windows Media Encoder has many options, you can try different combinations till you reach the optimal quality/size that fits your needs

    Thanks
    Yasser Makram
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