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Microsoft Expression Encoder

Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 on Windows Vista
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Latest release	2.0.1406.0
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
License	Proprietary software
Website	Homepage

Microsoft Expression Encoder (formerly Expression Media Encoder) is a Windows-based program for encoding digital video for Silverlight-based web video. Expression Encoder can be used to create video compressed VC-1 targeting Microsoft Silverlight. It has a WPF-based modern user interface and a command line interface and supports Silverlight player controls and Silverlight templates. Version 1.0 was released to manufacturing on September 6, 2007. A beta of version 2.0 was released in March 2008 which includes new VC-1 codecs (Advanced, Main, and Simple profiles) and better Silverlight support, and the final version 2.0 in May 2008. Expression Encoder 2 Service Pack 1 added H.264+AAC encoding support for devices. The current version does not support multi-channel audio track authoring. Some of its features include:

• Smart encoding/smart recomression, cuts editing, serial batch encoding, Live encoding from webcams and DV camcorders
• Decoding/import format support because of DirectShow
• Smooth streaming (720p+ video using HTTP) with optimized client (Silverlight) and server (IIS with smooth streaming)
• WebDAV publishing, publishing plugins for Silverlight Streaming, Amazon S3
• Importing XAML overlays created in Expression Design and customizing their timing, animation, opacity, placement and looping
• JavaScript trigger events
• Windows Media 11 SDK and VC-1 SDK integration, native MPEG-2 decoder
• Adding captions to videos using SAMI or W3C Timed Text format
• Previewing and comparing encoding settings in real time
• Object model for the encoding engine, SDK downloadable separately

Microsoft is recommending Expression Encoder as the replacement for the legacy Windows Media Encoder product.

[edit] See also

• Microsoft Expression Media
• Microsoft Expression Studio

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