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So I thought I would give the Streaming Services a quick test. Thankfully this is a very simple thing to do by following Tim Sneaths instructions on what you need to do.

So following that through a few things to note,

• When encoding your video, remember to find the output tab and select a Template which will create you the Silverlight assets needed. They by default get output in your Documents\Expression\Expression Media Encoder\Output

• Remember to zip the resulting files into the root of the container

Uploading was nice and painless too:

When you complete the upload it even gives you all of the HTML and Javascript you need to embed in your page. Very useful.

And voila.. one hosted Silverlight application leveraging the streaming services :)

The API also includes a set of REST based interfaces for doing all of this in an automated fashion which is what Ill be having a look at next.. Interesting to see the use of a REST API as part of this service - signalling perhaps some changes in the wind? Im sure at least Alex will be happy ;)