Silverlight

Smooth Streaming Technical Overview

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Deep Zoom Composer

This tool is the main power user focused content creator for the kind of deep zoom experiences we integrate into our media platform. This can be a detailed canvas (say all the slides in a PowerPoint deck) or a larger scope canvas such a a global map with geo-tagged media items.

Microsoft Expression Encoder 3tile_expressionencoder31

The core encoding tool we use for moving media to smooth streaming. This is a fundamental step in allowing the media experiences we deliver which were not possible not long ago. We encourage clients to get involved in the encoding process. We seamlessly handle this as part of our standard workflow however the more you are part of the process the more empowered many clients feel.

Media RSS Specification – Our Standard Format for Media

We can quickly and easily do so much with so many media sources due to out core Media RSS support. To learn more click the link in this section header. You can also click here for the wikipedia description.

iTag – Metadata Tagging Software

A fantastic and free tool to embed the metadata we can then extract and leverage to deliver on our promise of astouding UX.