Microsoft® Silverlight™ Streaming by Windows Live™

Rémy PairaultPrincipal Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

Agenda

Silverlight Streaming OverviewAvailability of the ServiceUsing Silverlight StreamingMIX’08 UpdatesDemosBusiness Model

Silverlight Streaming Overview

Windows Live companion service to Silverlight

You focus on the end-user experience, we deliver the scale

Free account with 10 GB storage

Deliver on the "software + service" vision

Availability of the Service

MIX ’07: AlphaMIX ’08: BetaReal-world applications leveraging the serviceQuickApps on dev.live.com

Halo 3 interactivegame manual

Halo 3video player

QuiksilverPro France

The 5th

Medium

FilmsFor

Learning

3. Package necessary files in a zip archive

5. Create a web page to expose the application

4. Upload the zip archive to Silverlight Streaming

2. Create a Silverlight application

1. Sign Up for a Silverlight Streaming account

Using Silverlight Streaming

MIX '08 News

announcing

Larger free account

MIX '08 UpdatesAlpha Beta

Storage:

4 GB10 GB

Upload:30 MB

105 MB

Up to 10

minutes video:

300 Kbps

1.4 Mbps

API

REST WebDAV

Scalability

Sandbox Production

New scenario: Manage Videos

MIX '08 Updates – Cont'd

Transcoding in the cloud

White label

player

Out-of-the-box

experience

Fully customizab

le

Multiple input

formats supported

High Quality

Silverlight-compliant

VC-1 output format

Invocation syntax

Windows Live Control Silverlight deployment

Reporting

Number of plays Storage meter

Administration Web Site Overview

demo

- Account management- Application management

Invocation Syntax

demo

- iFrame- Windows Live Control

End-to-End Video Blogging Scenario

demo

- Expression Encoder and Silverlight Streaming publishing plug-in- Windows Live Writer and LighterFuel plug-in- Windows Live Spaces

New Video Management Scenario

demo

- Video UI- Silverlight player hosted in Silverlight Streaming

Business Model

Now: Free

Up to 5 TB of aggregated bandwidth /user account

/month

Up to 10 minutes of video playback at 1.4 Mbps

Soon: Free with Advertising

Ads in the playback experience (revenue

share)

No ads / Fee to offset cost of running the service

Later: Pay-for services

Storage BandwidthStandalone Transcoding

Ads Pilot Program

Ads pilot program starting in springUS onlyVideo scenario onlyText-based contextual ads$$ payoutsRegister on the web interest form

OpenSpace

Let’s continue the conversationSilverlight Streaming ads pilot programSilverlight Streaming architectureDemo script detailsQuickApps…

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Appendix

Resources

Administration Web Sitehttp://silverlight.live.com

SDK and Service Bloghttp://dev.live.com/silverlight

Dev Forumhttp://silverlight.net/forums/15.aspx

MIX ’07 Service Constraints

Total account storage: 4 GBVideo playback: Up to 10 mins/300 KbpsMax. upload size: 30 MB

MIX ’08 Service Constraints

Total account storage: 10 GBVideo playback: Up to 10 mins/1.4 MbpsMax. upload size: 105 MB

Architecture Overview

Management via the Front-Door

Using the API

Playback

Additional Account Information

Account ID: PublicGlobal name of your Silverlight Streaming accountUnique, created at sign-up time

Account Key: PrivateCase sensitive "Account Secret"Used to authenticate service requests to the APICan be regenerated on the admin web site

iFrame Invocation Syntax

Already available before MIX ‘08, still supported, documented, recommended

Insert Silverlight Streaming iFrame in the page body<iframe

src=“http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/account_ID/app_Name/iframe.html” scrolling=“no” frameborder=“0” style=“width:800; height:600”>

</iframe>

Control Invocation SyntaxNew at MIX ‘08, documented, recommendedModify the <html> tag<html xmlns:devlive="http://dev.live.com">

Create script references in the page header<script type="text/javascript"

src="http://controls.services.live.com/scripts/base/v0.3/live.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://controls.services.live.com/scripts/base/v0.3/controls.js"></script>

Insert Silverlight Streaming control in the page body<devlive:slscontrol

silverlightVersion="1.0“src="/account_ID/app_Name/“installationMode=“[ popup | inline | none ]“initParams="myKey=param_Value">

</devlive:slscontrol>

JavaScript Invocation SyntaxDeprecated, no longer documented

Create script references in the page header<script type="text/javascript"

src="http://agappdom.net/h/silverlight.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="CreateSilverlight.js"></script>

Insert Silverlight Streaming wrapper in the page body<div id="Wrapper_HelloWorld" style="width:500px; height:400px;

overflow:hidden;"></div><script type="text/javascript">

var Wrapper_HelloWorld = document.getElementById("Wrapper_HelloWorld");CreateSilverlight();

</script>

Add CreateSilverlight.js on the web serverfunction CreateSilverlight(){ Silverlight.createHostedObjectEx({ source: "streaming:/29394/HelloWorld",parentElement:

Wrapper_HelloWorld});}

Preparation for the Demos

Sign up for a Silverlight Streaming Accounthttp://silverlight.live.com

Install Expression EncoderEncoder.en.msi

Install the Silverlight Streaming publishing plug-in for Expression Encoder

SLS Publish Preview.msi

Install Windows Live WriterInstall_WLWriter.exe

Installed the LighterFuel plug-in for Windows Live Writer

Insert_SLS.msi

Partners

Halo 3QuiksilverThe 5th MediumFilms For LearningFoxPhilips AmbilightPartner-TVAnd more...

Tools

Expression Encoder publishing plug-inJetFuel for Windows Live WriterLighterFuel for Windows Live Writer

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