Expression Encoder 2 is now a standalone product, not part of Expression Media like before. Download it from the Microsoft Expression 2 website. Live encoding, events, etc... Smart recompression, for example if you just edit some of the video, only the cut will be recompressed. Animations in XAML can be burnt inside the video. Closed captions. Improved Silverlight players, including a video gallery player. More options for interlaced content. .NET object model. Demo New codecs Aspect ratio is easier to set up than in V1 Very cool new "green" video player. Partial rebuild, builds only what is needed (for example only markers in the header, etc...).Much faster than V1 Video player templates parameters Don't start the video when the page is loaded Download on demand of videos Change stretch mode of player (fixed size, fill page, etc...) Play button on the video. "Edit in Blend" feature. Edits a copy of the template. Save changes in Blend, they appear immediately into Encoder. WMV is pretty Read More...