How do you create IIS Smooth streaming files using h.264 with the SDK?

Question

Can anybody post a code sample on how to create a Silverlight smooth streaming project that is encoded with h264 using the SDK?

Answer 1

Pseudo C# code (didn't try to compile it, but it should start you up):


Job job = new Job();
MediaItem mediaItem = new MediaItem(inputFile);
job.MediaItems.Add(mediaItem);

VideoProfile videoProfile = new MainH264VideoProfile();
videoProfile.SmoothStreaming = true;
videoProfile.SeparateFilesPerStream = true; // or false if you want all streams in one file

// Add your streams here via VideoProfile.Streams
// Note: The default videoprofile up there has already one, so you might have to delete it first before populating the ones you want.

mediaItem.OutputFormat = new MP4OutputFormat()
{
    VideoProfile = videoProfile,
    AudioProfile = new AacAudioProfile(128, 2, 44100, 16)
};

job.Encode();



The only special thing to remember is to set VideoProfile.SmoothStreaming to true. The rest is standard H.264 profile stuff.

Answer 2

Thanks, below is the code that I got working:

                //create video profile for output files
                MainH264VideoProfile videoProfile = new MainH264VideoProfile();

                //remove default stream
                videoProfile.Streams.RemoveAt(0);
                videoProfile.SeparateFilesPerStream = true;

                //add bitrate outputs for any default setting that is lower than original
                foreach (EncoderSettings setting in GetSettingsList())
                {
                    videoProfile.Streams.Add(new ConstantBitrate(setting.AvgBitRate, false), new Size(setting.Width, setting.Height));
                }

                // Use smooth streaming with automatically sized streams.
                videoProfile.SmoothStreaming = true;

                //assign profile to media item for encoding
                mediaItem.OutputFormat = new MP4OutputFormat();
                mediaItem.OutputFormat.VideoProfile = videoProfile;
                mediaItem.OutputFormat.AudioProfile = new AacAudioProfile(128, 2, 44100, 16);

                job.MediaItems.Add(mediaItem);

Answer 3

As you found out already, H.264 VBR SmoothStreaming isn't supported. I'm sorry I didn't warn you. :)