One of Silverlight video's biggest advantages to date has been the server's ability to tweak the bitrate of video playback as it's being played back, and as the bandwidth of the connection varies. It's the smooth streaming feature that premiered last June with Silverlight 3. Now, with Silverlight 4 already well under way, Microsoft today premiered a public beta of a forthcoming release of Windows Home Server, which will be capable of smooth-streaming video to any Silverlight-enhanced client via the Web.
With the new server software, code-named "Vail" (as in Colorado, not "veil" as in fabric cover), the new generation of DLNA home video and audio components -- including Blu-ray players and notebook PCs -- will be able to receive "pushed" setup information through the home's wireless router, enabling those components to connect to the wireless network. It will be the new Windows Home Server that does the pushing, via the "Play To" functionality that already premiered in Windows 7 but has yet to be tested in a full server setting.
"DLNA enables your home server to participate in a 'Play To' environment as a Digital Media Server (DMS)," reads the reviewer's guide to the "Vail" server, published today. Other DLNA-compatible devices -- TVs, stereos, your Xbox 360 (in Windows Media Center Mode) and more -- can automatically find your home server from within your home network and then stream videos, music, and pictures on demand from it."
bron: http://www.betanews.com/article/Silverlight-revolutionizes-beta-of-next-Windows-Home-Server/1272316368
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