DVB trough graphedit Journey Part 1

So you really want to configure DVB-T card trough graph edit :)
Bagger for you...

It is just too complex to configure Network provider, IMHO, especially if you don't have too much of info to start from anyway...

So, little help in start could be this page
http://dvbviewer.com/en/index.php?page=downloads

with Transedit MMC free DVB channel research tool...

or you could try this tool
http://www.dvbdream.org/

When I succeed, I will let you know :)

Let's break the bonds - JPEG XR

Have you ever really asked yourself why do people love to set borders for everything?

I think it has to do something with feeling of God like power... So :)
JPEG borders are finally coming down, new era of image format is born :) open format sibling to departed MS HD Photo.

What is new?
Adobe and Hasselblad have already supported new format. Now it is only matter of time for Digital Imaging companies to develop new generation of image processing chips with support.

More info.

Stripping ASF container trough DirectShow...

After writing post about VC-1 SDK with stripped codec from asf container, I wondered was it the only way.

Trough mine everyday work, we are stripping windows media for a long time, but then again it is not something for everyone, because of the need for custom container and streaming format we have developed for our needs.

But now, as a side product of our research I can say that stripping windows media from ASF boundaries is very easy in fact, all you need is simple DirectShow knowledge.

So, what does the graph look like?

Simple, just don't use ASF Reader, instead use AsyncFileSource, connect directly to mux and file writter.

I can only recommend matroska container format, which is as good as it gets, few light years ahead of avi and even ASF.

If you need more details, just email me.

VC-1 Encoder SDK

So here it is, one again.
Remember, it is the first and only version that gives you VC-1 without ASF.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/mediaandentertainment/ibc2007/vc-1encodersdk.mspx

WMA / ASF De Mux DirectShow filter

If you understand the title, than you will appreciate this link with other great DirectShow filters.
http://www.gdcl.co.uk/downloads.htm

Even better, you can download source code based on WMF SDK, tailored into DirectShow Async Source Filter, supporting all base interfaces such as Seeking etc.

Looking for a cool .NET DirectShow Samples?

Don't look further, here it is :)
http://directshownet.sourceforge.net/about.html

Expression Encoder 1.0 is out!

Expression Encoder (formerly Expression Media Encoder) is a new compression tool targeting Silverlight, (although its WMV files will play in all the standard players). Beyond being a great WMV encoder, its real killer feature is easy generation of a Silverlight player experience around the media asset, including subtitles/captioning, thumbnail-based visual navigation, etcetera. It's a deep product, and I'm going to be doing a much more in-depth analysis of it here soon.

One important thing to note about Expression Encoder is that it can be used to build the Silverlight player experience around an already encoded WMV file, so it can be used in conjunction with other compression tools.

Expression Encoder is based on the Windows Media Format SDK 11, so all the registry key tweaks I've been discussing on this blog work perfectly with it.

(repost from http://on10.net/Blogs/benwagg/silverlight-expression-encoder-10-released/ )