Hi, Joeri, The original IIS Smooth Streaming bit rate switching heuristics in Expression Encoder 2 SP1 are a bit conservative under some conditions, slowly ramping up to higher bit rates, one at a time. You might try passing your content through the IIS Smooth Streaming settings in Expression Encoder...

Hi, In order to encode to smooth streaming you can use the Expression Encoder 3 SDK. The encoder SDK supports encoding to the smooth streaming output format (when using the full version of Expression encoder). You can read more about the smooth streaming support in the What's New in the Expression...

Hi2all! Smooth Streaming use range of video files with different bitrate. These files are prepared with Expression Encoder, and just placed in appropriate directory. I want to develop web application, which allow my customers to upload some HD video files to the server. Their encoding for Smooth Streaming...

Hi, Suganyanataraj, The input formats that you can use will vary depending on the Smooth Streaming encoder you are using. For example, if you are using Expression Encoder, see the input formats in the first Product-Specific FAQ at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Encoder_FAQ.aspx#ProductSpecific...