<p>Is it possible to do pseudo-streaming(eg start playback at any point) with wmv files and silverlight? </p>

<p>This is possible using Flash in a progressive download setup but can it be done on the Microsoft track?</p>

[{'answer_id': 86404, 'author': 'artur02', 'author_id': 13937, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13937', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You can <strong>use <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/server/version.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Windows Media Services 2008</a></strong>. It enables you to actually stream WMV to Silverlight interface.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 1235586, 'author': 'Robert Fraser', 'author_id': 125601, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/125601', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>No reason you couldn't stream it like any other HTTP video; it basically just expects the file to be a correct WMV file. You would need to have a server that supports the seeking, though.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 1492230, 'author': 'Geoff Appleford', 'author_id': 7793, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7793', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>Since asking this question, Microsoft has released <a href="http://www.iis.net/extensions/SmoothStreaming" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Smooth Streaming</a>, which is exactly what I was asking for and more.</p>\n\n<p>Clearly this is the best Silverlight solution although you do need Windows Server 2008 on the backend.</p>\n'}]
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