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Expression Encoder enables you to encode a wide variety of video formats, or stream from live sources like webcams and camcorders. Make simple edits to video files and enhance your media with overlays and advertising. Dial in the VC-1 encoding settings, choose from a range of player templates, and publish rich media experiences with Microsoft Silverlight.

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GPU ENCODING IN EXPRESSION ENCODER 4 PRO SP2
Introduction This document is to complement the original Expression Encoder 4 SP1 GPU Encoding whi... more
Wednesday, Nov 2 Eric Juteau
Expression Encoder 4 SP2 released!
A new service pack is now available for Expression Encoder 4, which includes over 300 bug fixes as w... more
Wednesday, Nov 2 Eric Juteau
How CPU cycles are used when encoding
Once in a while on our forum, somebody asks why the CPU usage isn't at 100% when offline encoding. I... more
Monday, Oct 3 Eric Juteau
Tidbits about Indexing
When importing certain media files like VOB, TS and M2TS files, Expression Encoder needs to parse th... more
Tuesday, Jul 12 Eric Juteau
Expression Encoder Wins Most Innovative Product at Business Video Expo
Enterprise video is increasingly being recognized by industry experts, such as Gartner, as an import... more
Monday, Mar 7 eanders4
EventID and restarting publishing points using Expression Encoder 4 SP1
In the service pack for Expression Encoder 4, we added the ability to specify an EventID for live sm... more
Wednesday, Feb 2 Jamie Lang -MSFT
Expression Encoder 4 SP1 released!
Today we have released a service pack for Expression Encoder 4 that includes some new features and a... more
Friday, Jan 28 Jamie Lang -MSFT
SharePoint 2010 publish plugin released
Hi everyone, we just posted a publish plugin to upload your output directory to the new SharePoint 2... more
Wednesday, Nov 10 Jamie Lang -MSFT
Thank you
Thanks to everyone that voted for us in the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards! We are a finali... more
Wednesday, Oct 20 Jamie Lang -MSFT
Live IIS Smooth Streaming in Expression Encoder 4
Expression Encoder 2 was the first version of Encoder to support encoding content into the IIS Smoot... more
Wednesday, Sep 22 Jamie Lang -MSFT