Welcome to the Silverlight™ Streaming SDK. Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live™ offers a free(*) streaming and application-hosting solution for delivering high-quality, cross-platform, cross-browser, media-enabled rich interactive applications.
Silverlight Streaming is designed to host two types of content: rich interactive applications and media, such as video, audio, and images. Application development and media-content publishing each encompass a unique set of tools and processes.
Application developers can develop solutions using one of many supported programming languages together with tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio® and the .NET Framework and the Microsoft Expression suite of tools. Developers can take advantage of Silverlight Streaming API to manage Silverlight Streaming applications programmatically.
Web designers and content publishers wanting to integrate media into their sites can take advantage of the Silverlight Streaming Content Delivery Network. Content publishers can use Microsoft Expression Encoder or other media encoding tools to quickly and easily package content for upload to Silverlight Streaming.
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(*) While the service is in beta, storage is free up to ten gigabytes. Streaming is free up to five terabytes of aggregated bandwidth per user account per month. Videos may not exceed ten minutes and have a maximum bit rate of 1.4 Mbps. As the service moves out of beta, unlimited streaming will also be available for free with advertising, or with payment of a nominal fee for use of the service without advertising.
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