Microsoft Silverlight is a technology software for browsers and plug-ins for the new generation. Designed to compete with Adobe Flash , Silverlight offers a new experience for rich, interactive applications on the Internet.

With this plugin you can view animations, videos and applications produced on this platform, which has the purpose to snatch a large percentage of Internet users, making it indispensable for viewing videos and websites, as well as Adobe Flash is today.

The biggest highlight is the transmission of video, which uses the VC-1 codec to provide a data transfer with higher quality and the ability to work with Full HD resolution (1080p). Please note the use of 3D hardware acceleration, also present to tighten the race for technology that will dominate the market.

Characteristics

• It offers a broad experience in embedding videos, animations and interactive interfaces.
• It's small and easy to install, having less than 2 MegaBytes.
• e efeitos de alta qualidade. You can create and work with vector graphics, as well as texts, animations and overlays that interact with graphics and high-quality effects.
• , C#, Python, Ruby e Visual Basic. Developers can create applications in various programming languages, including: AJAX, C #, Python, Ruby and Visual Basic.
• It was produced for use in cross-platform. In other words, is designed to work on several architectures and operating systems.

Streaming audio and video

Silverlight technology was used to generate new solutions with high quality transmission, allowing to reach levels never achieved. For this you can use Microsoft Expression Media Encoder and other editing environments. Great for web designers who can have complete control over their applications.

) e também permissão para hospedar arquivos de vídeo/áudio maiores que 4 GigaBytes. Among the main transmission characteristics are: API library support, ability to use Microsoft tools or third parties working with streaming quality higher than DVD (HDTV) and also allowed to host files video / audio files larger than 4 gigabytes .