Smooth Streaming

[benwaggoner]

So, we launched the beta of Smooth Streaming this week. While we've had the first authoring tool out in Expression Encoder 2 SP1 for a few months now, this is the first time we're offering a public beta of the server component and downloadable media.

While Smooth Streaming will support H.264 and AAC-LC with the next version of Silverlight, the current implementation and content is all VC-1 and WMA 10 Pro.

Here's my overview and links page:

http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Beta-Release-of-Smooth-Streaming/

And we now have a downloadable sample:
http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Big-Buck-Bunny-Smooth-Streaming-sample-for-download/

Which I talk about the encoding process of here (which is Highly Nerdy, including tables AND charts :)):
http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Behind-the-Scenes-at-SmoothHDcom-Encoding-Big-Buck-Bunny/

With those sample files downloable themselves here:
http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Big-Buck-Bunny-Smooth-Streaming-sample-for-download/

Everything you'd want to know about the file format itself is contained here (by our own zambelli, also including some nice graphics):
http://alexzambelli.com/blog/2009/02/10/smooth-streaming-architecture/


I also started a thread about the file format here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1255246