We have just released a new version of the Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) and we’ve given it a new name – the Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework (MMPPF). Yes, it’s a bit more difficult to say, and we don’t get to refer to it as the “SMurF” any more, but the new name represents how the framework is now a much more significant component of Microsoft’s media platform.
Over the last few weeks we’ve started to role out a new, umbrella brand for the various media technologies, tools, and frameworks that Microsoft offers. Aligning all of our media projects under the “Microsoft Media Platform” brand allows us to tell a much more comprehensive story about our end-to-end media pipeline. The Microsoft media platform currently comprises IIS media services, and smooth streaming on the server side (all components of Windows Server), Expression Encoder, the MMP video editor, the MMP Content Manager, the MMP Player Framework, and a number of other technologies. However, we’ll be incorporating more tools, frameworks, servers, and services in the future.
MMP Player Framework 2.5
This latest version of the Player Framework, built on Microsoft Silverlight, offers a number of new features and enhancements. One of the most important new features is our addition of stereoscopic 3D support. Now content providers can stream 3D video to consumers using the Player Framework and the Silverlight player. Here’s a video (WMV) demonstrating how to use this new feature.
In this new release we also put a significant amount of effort into developing an advertising plugin. This new plugin adds support for the VPAID, VAST, and MAST (PDF) standards. Check out this video (WMV) to learn how to use it.
Download MMPPF 2.5 here.
New in SMF 2.5
- Stereoscopic 3D support
- Standards based advertising support
- Fixed several bugs
- Uses SSME 1.5 Update 1
- See the downloads pagefor a full, detailed listing of changes in v2.5
