Information Source for Windows Media "RPK" <news[ at ]kco.co.uk> 11/15/2008 8:17:12 PM Can anyone recommend any really good sources of information for Windows Media. We have a Win2008 server wth Windows Media Services on the LAN. To date, we have just put WMV files on there without really considering optimal encoding speeds, whether to use .asx files, etc., etc. and now want to increase it's use. We also want to start using it on the WAN, where obvioulsy there are other considerations. The only book I have found seems to be years old. Thanks Roger

Re: Information Source for Windows Media Jerislav <jerislav[ at ]gmail.com> 11/18/2008 9:14:06 AM On Nov 15, 9:17 pm, "RPK" <n...[ at ]kco.co.uk> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Can anyone recommend any really good sources of information for Windows > Media. We have a Win2008 server wth Windows Media Services on the LAN. To > date, we have just put WMV files on there without really considering optimal > encoding speeds, whether to use .asx files, etc., etc. and now want to > increase it's use. We also want to start using it on the WAN, where > obvioulsy there are other considerations. > > The only book I have found seems to be years old. > > Thanks > > Roger There aren't many (is any) fresh good books on Windows Media. But there are excellent web resources: 1. Ben Waggoner: http://www.on10.net/blogs/benwagg/ 2. James Clark: http://www.clarkezone.net/ And MSDN of course for samples and technical info. Jerislav (http://jerislav.blogspot.com)

Re: Information Source for Windows Media Chris Knowlton [MSFT] 11/21/2008 4:53:02 PM The Windows Media Resource Kit (http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6280.aspx) was published in 2003, but still has a wealth of information about deploying Windows Media in various environments. For encoding, I agree with Jerislav - Ben and James have the latest information on making best use of the ever-improving codecs. -Chris -- -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Jerislav" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Nov 15, 9:17 pm, "RPK" <n...[ at ]kco.co.uk> wrote: > > Can anyone recommend any really good sources of information for Windows > > Media. We have a Win2008 server wth Windows Media Services on the LAN. To > > date, we have just put WMV files on there without really considering optimal > > encoding speeds, whether to use .asx files, etc., etc. and now want to > > increase it's use. We also want to start using it on the WAN, where > > obvioulsy there are other considerations. > > > > The only book I have found seems to be years old. > > > > Thanks > > > > Roger > > There aren't many (is any) fresh good books on Windows Media. > > But there are excellent web resources: > 1. Ben Waggoner: http://www.on10.net/blogs/benwagg/ > 2. James Clark: http://www.clarkezone.net/ > > And MSDN of course for samples and technical info. > > Jerislav > (http://jerislav.blogspot.com) >