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Simplified MVVM: Silverlight 4 Video Player

Introduction This project demonstrates an implementation of the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern to create a fully “Designable” Silverlight Video Player. This is not to be confused with a “Skinable” Video Player. A Skinable Video Player allows you to change the look … Continue reading

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Scrubbing with Thumbnails with the SMF Player

One of the developers from one of my media customers asked me how they would implement the thumbnail preview while scrubbing in a Silverlight video player.  He was turned onto the idea from seeing that feature in the Netflix Watch … Continue reading

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Polling Video – A Viable sub-second alternative?

An interesting suggestion was made with regard to my intended use of embedded “heartbeat” markers.  Mike Loynd (WL) referred me to this fascinating article by John Deutscher (PM for IIS Media).  That caused me to experiment with the following code … Continue reading

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