I will then add the UWHS End video at the end of the timeline.
You can see the three pieces of video ready for encoding.
You can only use Windows Media in the Trial Version but the full version allows you to Encode in other formats.
I will save this file as a wmv format. Start the Encoding process and let the fun begin. Seriously.
When the video is done it saves to your My Documents folder. See the location in the picture below.
The video is now ready for your website, YouTube or your Windows Home Server!
Silverlight and Live Broadcasting
You can also export to the amazing Silverlight format or do live broadcasting!
After a quick import of a video file you are ready for Silverlight. I am using the screen capture file but you can use pretty much any video file you legally own or created. Click on the Encode button to start the process.
Thanks Tim. I've been using this in a university setting to do live broadcasts for events in an auditorium. We have an Osprey SD capture card for video and a Data path VGA capture card to record the screen of presenters' computers. You can easily toggle between each source during the broadcast while archiving the entire presentation to a file. Saves time doing all the editing when you do this during the creation of the video. I actually push the live stream to Windows Media Services on Server 2008R2 to manage uni-cast connections the publishing points that WMS creates. Edit a Silverlight template to connect to the publishing point instead of a file and stick it on any web space. When we start the live stream, just connect to the URL of the Silverlight template and watch the live stream in a browser via Silverlight on Mac or PC. Windows Media Player will also connect directly to the publishing point on Server to watch live broadcast. I've tried the live stream to IIS but you have to start and stop the publishing point in IIS each time AND it takes a lot of processing power. With a Xeon W3503 I can only do 2 SD encodes without dropping frames. (1 steam per core is MS recommendation) It's a good program but some hardware drivers and incorrect access permissions can cause it to crash. V4 is much better than previous versions.
Dear Holt,
Your set-up sounds just like what I am working towards. Did you have to purchase the “Pro” version of Expressions? Will one purchase cover more than one machine? What is the model number of the VGA capture card?
Thanks for your response!
Sincerely,
Rick
It sounds like you use it the way it is supposed to be run. I enjoy the screen capture interface and the way it works with my existing system. I plan to get the full version next month so I will be able to access more of the features.
Yeah, MS went all crazy with the licensing of the CODECS (H.24) when they released version 4. MSDN gets the ISS live smooth streaming but not the CODECS. Anything that they have to license needs you to pay more for it. It's worth it though if you do a lot of encoding for HD and SD video capture. I could never live stream from home because Time Warner only give us a tiny upload connection of 384k on standard Road Runner in the Raleigh-Durham market. Pathetic really. I was thinking of doing a writeup for Expression before you all started branching out from WHS. I think the new articles will be good as long as we still get the lowdown on WHS.
WHS will always be first in my heart. I have three running in my home right now with another four I bought for my family. It is very important to me and now being a MVP makes it all the more special.
That being said…
Have you thought of still doing the write up but posting it on UWHS? You do so much more with Expression than I would ever do and I would be interested in reading it. Heck, your last two comments are 10% of an article already. Throw up some art and you have a great post.
It sounds Great.And Worthyful Content.And Very Informative.