By Emma Woollacott Friday, July 10, 2009
In a challenge to Adobe Flash, Microsoft has released its new web multimedia player Silverlight 3, a browser plug-in enabling audio, vector graphics and animation. The company says it allows streaming of high-definition video in full screen with stutter-free live and on-demand video. It supports Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Firefox 2 and 3 and Safari 3 and 4 browsers - but not Opera or Chrome. There are a number of improvements over the previous version, including Smooth Screening, which automatically provides the best quality video possible for the network and local PC connections - allowing instant playback of HD video for those with a high-badwidth connection and powerful hardware. It allows streaming of 720p HD content over the web with the ability to pause and rewind a live stream.
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