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XmlVideoProfile in Expression Encoder SDK

I have saved a job using expression encoder (.xej) and now I need to load its video profile on my code, like this: public static void EncodeVideo(string filePath) { using (Job job = new Job()) { string xml = File.ReadAllText("test_job.xej"); XmlVideoProfile videoProfile = new XmlVideoPro...

Deploying Expression Encoder SDK Without Installing

I am trying to prove a concept while using the Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 SDK. I am trying to deploy the SDK to my hosted web server to understand more about whether or not that will work and what else needs to be installed. I cannot get anything to work on the server. Here are the 4 Dlls that I understand that I need that I am de...

Does anyone have a PowerShell script to batch encode files using Expression Encoder 3?

I have a set of WMV files that I need to convert to H.264. I have Expression Encoder 3 and can do each through the UI. Just trying to find a script to batch it through PowerShell using the Encoder 3 SDK. Thanks ...

Silverlight Player Blank When Changing ism file

I am trying to get silverlight smooth streaming going on a site I am bilding and it works fine with the big buck bunny sample code which looks like this: <object data="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type="application/x-silverlight-2" width="100%" height="100%" id="Object2"> <param name="source" value="SmoothStreamingBlackGlass.xap"/...

generating thumbnail image for video

Hello everyone, I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 on Windows 7. I want to use Expression Encoder 3 to generate thumbnail image for video (wmv format) every 30 seconds -- e.g. for a 5 minutes video, there will be 10 thumbnails which reflects video at the time of 0 second, 30 second, 1 minute, 1 minute and 30 seconds, etc. Any referen...

Pushing to Publishing Point isn't connecting and can't generate physical wma file when completed, Expression Encoder 3 SDK

Hello, I am currently migrating code over from a custom WME9 application to one built in EE3, however certain pieces of functionality I cannot seem to be able to achieve. I am trying to have the user push to a publishing point after they have entered the server and PPN. Below is my code to attempt to push to the Publishing Point. Wind...

Simulating Start and Stop archive in Expression Encoder 3 SDK

I would like to be able to start an encoding session and then like in Windows Media Encoder 9, start and stop recording my live stream while the encoder is still running. Is this possible? ...

Render Silverlight Animation to video file

Hi guys I need to be able to render a silverlight storyboard animation to video. The animated content itself could be simple UIElements, Images or even two or more videos playing at the same time. Several ideas came to mind like RenderTargetBitmap on a single frame basis, but: 1) I've never tested this against video embedded content ...

Expression Encoder 3 SDK screen capture C# sample?

Hello everyone, I am using VSTS 2008 + .Net 3.5 + C# + Microsoft Expression 3 SDK. I want to capture screen and output a wmv file. I tried hard but can not found C# samples from Google. Any reference samples? thanks in advance, George ...

Mixing multiple live MMS streams (mms://server) using expression encoder SDK

Expression encoder SDK can accept sources from a LiveDeviceSource or from a LiveFileSource, but both can't support mms streams. The question is, is there a way to include a live mms stream in an encoding LiveJob? And then, possibily a way to mix them and stream it? ...

MP4 file seeking problem from direct URL

I'm running Silverlight 4, and player is the one came with Expression 3 templates to play a file directly from URL i.e. http://mysite.com/video1.mp4. The file is encoded using Expression Encoder 3 by applying a preset from h.264 under 'Encoding for Silverlight'. The very first problem I encountered was that video doesn't play until it d...

Specify audio output language in Expression Encoder

I'm using the Expression Encoder 3 SDK and I'm trying to specify the output audio language. The ultimate reason I'm doing this is to encode an audio track as english and specify other, optional, audio tracks as other languages. Expression Encoder doesn't support this, but if you encode separate tracks as different languages, the Windows ...

How to specify encoding bitrate while capturing from a webcam - MS Expression Encoder 4

I have a program to capture and save live webcam video. This is taken from sample programs coming with Expression Encoder 4. LiveJob job = new LiveJob(); EncoderDevice video = EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Video).Count > 0 ? EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Video)[0] : null; EncoderDevice audio = EncoderDevice...

Migrate asx file to silverlight playlist. Are <starttime> and <duration> functions available?

I'm pretty new to windows media player and silverlight. I have existing code that generates asx file and plays it with windows media player. I would like to migrate it to silverlight for it's cross-platform and cross-browser feature. I started with open video player and tried to have silverlight play asx file. It doesn't work out too we...

Retrieving DV-cam info using Expression Encoder 4 SDK

I am developing a Windows Forms application in .NET Framework 4.0 which controls a DV-CAM using the Expression Encoder 4 SDK. In the past I used Windows Media Encoder for this, but I would like to upgrade to Expression Encoder, because it seems a lot more solid. Overall, the SDK is working great, I can control and view the DV-CAM video ...

Recording HD from webcam using Expression encoder sdk in WPF

I am trying to record a stream from a webcam using Expression Encoder 4 SDK in WPF I can capture the video & audio streams and record these to disk however they are only recording at a base resolution of 320x240 the webcam is capable of capturing at 720p, how can I record at this resolution. Any help would be appreciated, I have been pul...