Microsoft has released the latest version of their “flash-killer”: Silverlight 3. This release brings along a couple of VERY useful features that a lot of developers will be pleased with.
1. If you’re a video publisher, you can take advantage of the new MPEG-4 based H.264 codec along with the high end AAC sound. Technically it means you can stream videos beyond 720p (which is 1080p at the moment) as Microsoft writes “720p+”. Along side, Microsoft is touting about its new streaming feature named “Smooth streaming” which according to Washington Post means that if your bandwidth is above 3 Mbps, HD streaming, as it normally should, will take place whereas, if it goes below 3 MBPS, smooth streaming’s dynamic capabilities will be triggered and the video will be divide into multiple chunks so that the user experience remains consistent on all sorts of networks.
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