Silverlight and Expression Encoder go 1.0

[Daniel Low]

Will there be a Mac version of the encoder?

[Ben Waggoner]

There aren’t any plans for a Mac version.

Of course, Mac encoding tools like Flip4Mac, Episode, and Sorenson Squeeze can encode Silverlight-compatible .WMV files. And since Expression Encoder can add the Silverlight player skins to an existing .WMV file, you could do all your encoding natively, and then add the interactivity and skinning via Expression Encoder in Parallels.

Expression Encdoer does support reading QuickTime source files, so it also works better with a Mac-workflow, even if the encoding gets done on Windows.

It’s got a 30-day trial. Check it out!

My compression blog: https://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/

My compression class at Stanford: https://digitalmediaacademy.org/courses/video-compression-training.html

[Daniel Low]

Oh, not a very nice workflow.

I find it very hard to understand why anybody in this day and age would release an encoder that did not support QuickTime source files. Was this a political or technical decision? What source formats does it support?

[Ben Waggoner]

Huh? Expression Encoder absolutely does support QuickTime source files. Give it a shot – there’s a 30-day free trial.

[Daniel Low]

Opps, need to read better next time. Thanks and sorry Ben.

Mr Retard.