February 2010
Beginner
400 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
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15.15. Media
One of Silverlight's strengths has always been its rich-media capabilities (indeed, version 1.0 wasn't good for much else). Silverlight 3.0 now contains support for a number of new formats and smooth streaming when used in conjunction with IIS Media Services (www.iis.net/media).
15.15.1. New Formats
Silverlight 3.0 supports the following additional formats:
HD (720p+)
MPEG-4–based H.264/AAC Audio (known as HD TV)
HD playback to full-screen by utilizing GPU
15.15.2. Silverlight DRM
Silverlight 3.0 contains built-in DRM support using PlayReady with AES encryption.
NOTE
To utilize PlayReady-protected content, you will need access to a PlayReady-licensed server.