Smooth Streaming Client SDK

Smooth Streaming Client SDK for Windows 8 enables developers to build Windows 8 Store applications that consume On-Demand and Live Smooth Streaming content w/ PlayReady protection.

Note: To build rich applications, this SDK is best used with the Player Framework which is available fordownload here.

Smooth Streaming Client SDK RTW release supports:

• X86, x64, and ARM platform support
• On-demand Playback (Play, Pause, Seek, Stop)
• Live with Seeking capabilities (Play, Pause, Seek, Go to Live)*
• Support for video codecs – H.264, VC-1
• Support for Audio codecs – AAC, Dolby DD+, WMA Pro
• Multiple audio languages switching with APIs*
• Track-selection for playback (for example, restrict the available bitrates)*
• Offline playback scenarios via Downloader Plugin*
• Text and Sparse Track APIs*
• Content protection – Microsoft PlayReady integration
• Trickplay (slow motion, fast-forward, and rewind)
• Microsoft PlayReady Key rotation

(*) Some of these features aren’t supported with Windows 8 default APIs. To enable these features, you need to use the Smooth Streaming Client SDK APIs.

V 1.0.130417 changes:

• Fix a memory leak in DownloaderPlugin interface

V 1.0.130111 changes:

• Mutiple Smooth Streaming content playback support (Multi-instance)
• Bug fixes

Latest readme document can be found here.

Related Topics

• MSDN: Player Application Programming Interfaces for Windows 8

• WindowsAzure.com: How to Build a Smooth Streaming Windows Store Application

• MSDN: Walkthrough: Building Your First HTML5 Smooth Streaming Player

• MSDN Sample: A Simple Windows 8 Smooth Streaming Media Player

• MSDN Sample: A Simple Windows 8 Smooth Streaming Media Player with a Slider Bar Control

• MSDN Sample: A Windows 8 Smooth Streaming Media Player with Stream Selection

• MSDN Sample: A Windows 8 Smooth Streaming Media Player with Track Selection

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