Broadcast live events or stream content on demand with expertise from those who know the technology best—the Microsoft Windows Media Team. This official Resource Kit packs the technical insights and tools you need to capture, encode, distribute, and play back digital video and audio using the Windows Media 9 Series platform. You’ll play back digital video and audio using the Windows Media 9 Series platform. You’ll learn how to plan, develop, and implement basic to advanced solutions. And you get essential production and administration resources. It’s everything you need to deliver professional-quality streaming media solutions—and maximize their impact.

Get end-to-end guidance straight from the Microsoft Windows Media team.

Know what’s involved in streaming through a hosting service, an enterprise intranet, or your own Web page
Use vision documents and checklists to plan your solution and map out deployment
Learn best practices for compressing content and using codecs
Get tips for creating compelling, high-quality audio and video
Set up production—from a single workstation to a studio—and delivery—from one server to an enterprise cluster
Use Digital Rights Management technologies to help protect content
Create server-side playlists that you can update on the fly
Develop a Web portal to manage large content archives
Test playback for live and on-demand content