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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:46:18+00:00

I would like to have smooth streaming capability on the cloud but I m

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I would like to have smooth streaming capability on the cloud but I m a bit confused.

I have seen by searching the web that sooth streaming with azure blob will be supported by april we are in juin and I have seen no updates no where. Is it stile ongoing? should we wait? any news?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hanuk/archive/2011/04/12/windows-azure-cdn-for-iis-smooth-streaming.aspx

I have seen this method for doing soomth streaming

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/smooth-streaming-with-windows-azure-blobs-and-cdn
He is parsing the files and recreating manifests it seems to have some limitations and potential issues with future releases and it’s called Adaptive streaming instead of smooth. Is it the way to go?

I wonder also if we have to use a silverlight player or if it can be done also in HTML5?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Native support in the Windows Azure CDN for Smooth Streaming is indeed still coming. It’s not available yet.

    The reason my solution is called “Adaptive Streaming” instead of “Smooth Streaming” is because “Smooth Streaming” refers specifically to using IIS to serve the content (so my solution, while compatible, isn’t technically Smooth Streaming).

    Smooth Streaming doesn’t strictly require Silverlight, but that’s the most common player. No browser I’m aware of natively supports the Smooth Streaming protocol.

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