>>>NBC is using it for it's Olympics site, so Silverlight is about to break out in terms of installations.<<<

Or NBC is about to be able to deduct a very nice loss when they file their tax returns.
All videos currently on site are a nice black and silent ( and I do have Silverlight installed )

A few weeks ago I read that it was a special deal with MSNBC and MS. I won't be needing it. It appears that MS are just trying to kill Flash by "paying" for people to use Sliverlight.

It is multi-platform as it works on XP and Vista.

"It is multi-platform as it works on XP and Vista." ;-) Stop---- you're killing me with my own tasteless humor!!!! ;-) Great summary DrLumen!

Apit, Humor? I'll have you know I was serious!! ;-)

While not directly related to Vegas but somewhat related to the topic...

New MSN "entertainment" site. I'll bet dollars to donuts that it will be exclusively sliverlight.
http://news.cnet.com/MSN-looks-to-Hollywood-for-new-site/2100-1026_3-6240899.html?tag=cd.top

Here is MS throwing money at HP to use live search on all their new systems.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080602-new-hp-microsoft-live-search-deal-is-all-about-silverlight.html

Why do I feel my arm getting twisted?

It is interesting to watch Microsoft's end customers and business partners slowly coming to realize that since Bill Gates "moved to Africa," Microsoft is now a very different company.

It has gone from being at least a token innovator, famously led by "billg," to now being a 100% beancounter-run mega corporation under Steve O. Ballmer, committed only to pursuing future profits to replace those from the now rapidly fading OS and Office application monopolies, using financial maneuvers and takeover of other companies to buy revenues and credibility.

It's a different world in IT today, with changes as big as when the Internet "happened." Bill G. poopooed it initially, but quickly recovered and figured out a way to make the company a ton of money from it.

A very different world indeed, and I was surprised to see that even Carl Icahn hadn't seen that Microsoft doesn't have a plan for a profitable future yet, and doesn't offer any kind of synergy boost for Yahoo.

Without a succession at the top, I think MS will continue to slide in all areas until the shareholders get shell-shocked enough to make it happen.

Does Silverlight work with a 64 bit browser in Vista 64? Flash doesn't.

Also, how is playback on a Mac? I already have high quality reliable Windows playback with wmv. I don't need a Windows exclusive playback format regardless of how good it is otherwise.

Me? I don't even have Silverlight installed. I did hear that MS did pay NBC to be exclusive with Silverlight.

The Silverlight breakout was a something I heard from an Ad Agency guy.

Seems to me that generating interactive Silverlight content straight from the Vegas T/L could be possible. Might just be another day dream of mine but it'd seem more likely than ever getting full Flash support in Vegas.

Bob.

"getting full Flash support in Vegas" getting separate layer encoding with different bit rates for any codec would be major step for any street NLE.

Most people don't even grasp what silverlight is. It actually uses windows media. Microsoft is leveraging its NET development platform to provide opportunities for content delivery.

Compared to flash, there are already tens of thousands of developers who can readily integrate silverlight into applications.

The concept of silverlight being integrated into Vegas isn't as far out as some might think.

Compared to flash, there are already tens of thousands of developers who can readily integrate silverlight into applications.

Whereas with Flash, it's only a million developers?

How much of a subset of Adobe Player does Silverlight represent?
(I don't know, just looking for an answer.)

It depends on how you want to define "developer." The point is, silverlight has the potential to become a low level solution, such as integrated into Vegas, since Vegas is already .NET application.