- Expression Encoder 2 is now a standalone product, not part of Expression Media like before.
- Download it from the Microsoft Expression 2 website.
- Live encoding, events, etc...
- Smart recompression, for example if you just edit some of the video, only the cut will be recompressed.
- Animations in XAML can be burnt inside the video.
- Closed captions.
- Improved Silverlight players, including a video gallery player.
- More options for interlaced content.
- .NET object model.
- Demo
- New codecs
- Aspect ratio is easier to set up than in V1
- Very cool new "green" video player.
- Partial rebuild, builds only what is needed (for example only markers in the header, etc...).Much faster than V1
- Video player templates parameters
- Don't start the video when the page is loaded
- Download on demand of videos
- Change stretch mode of player (fixed size, fill page, etc...)
- Play button on the video.
- "Edit in Blend" feature.
- Edits a copy of the template.
- Save changes in Blend, they appear immediately into Encoder.
- WMV is pretty much the same as VC1 codec.
- New international icons for "add a trailer", "add a trailer"
- Leader and trailers can be XAML, images or videos!
- Overlays can also be XAML, videos, images...
- Icons on the timeline are now grouped by type.
- Templates are managed applications, who can declare their ability (like "I can show captions", "I can show polls", etc...)
- Extend the video player in .NET code (any .NET language supported, of course)
- For example, add an interactive poll to the video, communicating with a web service to store results...
- Difference between markers and script command.
- Markers live in the header only.
- Script commands can live in the header or in the stream, so they can also be used during live streaming.
- Demo of A/B compare mode.
- Demo of live mode. Looks pretty good! I am not a specialist of videos, but the interface and the abilities are impressive.
- "Repurpose" live video and distribute it on demand.
- Only the edits are being re-encoded!
- Risk of losing script commands, but they show up red, so you can move them before cutting.
- Object model demo
- Encoding a video and copying it directly to a Zune
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