Kurt Shintaku's Blog: Multimedia

VIDEO: Bill Gates' transition News Conference

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:30:33 GMT

We've posted video broadcast videos online for folks to access to see what happened during the announcement and the Q&A period with the Press.

On-Demand Webcast of News Conference:
100kbps: http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20060615/webcast_20060615_100.asx
300kbps: http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20060615/webcast_20060615_300.asx

Written Transcript of Webcast:
http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2006/06-15transition.asp

All additional Press Materials associated with Transition Announcement:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/leadership/default.mspx

VIDEO: Proof that Billg's not the only one that has difficulties with on-stage demos during his keynotes

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:18:14 GMT

This is a compilation of Steve Job's numerous Apple keynote "issues". It was originally encoded in Quicktime but I converted it to Windows Media and published it to Putfile. I figured doing so would probably broaden the audience for the video just a tad <ahem>, considering it was virtually impossible to view without having to install Quicktime version 7.1 and the their new codec. Yecch.

Anyway, I thought you'd enjoy seeing this.

http://media.putfile.com/Steve-Jobs-Apple-Keynote-Bloopers

The Sony exec is hilarious. And when Jobs silently sends a stern message to his tech staff when he throws the non-functioning digital camera to/at them, during the non-functional camera plug & play demo… again, ROFLtastic.

So for the record, Billg's not the only one that encounters difficulties during his keynote speeches.

EVENT: Microsoft TechEd 2006 - Live Broadcasts!

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:36:20 GMT

Missing TechEd 2006? Don't despair - you can still get to see 40 of the presentations delivered through Live Webcasts!

This Sunday, June 11th, we will kick off TechEd 2006 — Microsoft’s largest annual customer conference for IT Pros and developers from around the world. More than 12,000 customers, partners, journalists, industry analysts, and Microsoft staff will converge on Boston for five very busy and exciting days. This year, Tech•Ed attendees will enjoy 480 breakout sessions, 300 chalk talks, 120 hands-on labs, hundreds of product demonstrations and countless hours of networking and information sharing with Microsoft experts as well as partners and industry peers. See the keynotes here:

https://www.msteched.com/content/webcasts.aspx

If you can’t be there, be at Virtual TechEd! For the first time ever you can see and hear much of what TechEd has to offer by visiting the Virtual TechEd site at http://virtualteched.com. Virtual TechEd's team of editors and bloggers will bring you compelling video and audio productions featuring hot topics and cool technology, plus news, breakout highlights, and more. Whether you're at Tech·Ed 2006 but can't see everything, or you want to see what you are missing, visit VirtualTechEd.com for the latest news and on-site video logs.

VIDEOS: WinHEC Presentations & Demos

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:21:34 GMT

There are a ton of newly posted presentations from WinHEC on MICROSOFT.COM.

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BitLockerTM Drive Encryption Hardware Enhanced Data Protection -- Shon Eizenhoefer
This session introduces the BitLocker feature, along with usage and recovery scenarios. It also provides a detailed look at how BitLocker works and includes the details that you need to build PC client systems that can support BitLocker and take advantage of the associated native operating system support for TPM 1.2.

·          Introduction. Encryption and TPM Features
·          Trusted Platform Module Architecture and definition.
·          Encryption Architecture Static Root of Trust
·          Disk Layout And Key Storage.
·          BitLockerTM Interface.Recovery Scenarios and Methods
·          BitLockerTM Interface.Recovery Scenarios and Methods
·          Building BitLockerTM Systems
·          Enterprise Customer Needs

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=171

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Windows Vista Performance Technologies -- Gabriel Aul
New performance-related technologies will be introduced in Windows Vista. They include Superfetch, external memory devices, and hybrid hard drives. In this session you will hear directly from the development team about the hardware and driver implications of these technologies: memory management implications, changes to the way in which startup applications are loaded, and the impact of having hybrid hard drives in the system.

·          System Responsiveness
·          Superfetch
·          ReadyBoost
·          ReadyDrive Hybrid Hard Disk
·          Performance Tuning and Diagnostics

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=164

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Windows Vista System Requirements -- Richard G. Russell
This session covers the Windows Vista minimum supported and minimum recommended system requirements, the requirements to run the Windows Vista Aero user interface, and the basics of the Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT), which measures the performance of the processor, memory, graphics, and disk. One use of WinSAT in Windows Vista is to determine if a system can run the Aero user experience. In this session, you will hear directly from the development team how WinSAT works and how you can use it in your own development process.

·          System Requirements: Memory and Features
·          Aero Requirments
·          Tools for Consumers
·          The Windows System Assessment Tool. Overview and Scenarios
·          WinSAT API. Data Store. Graphics Assessment, Memory and Storage.
·          Processor and Video Decode Assessment.
·          The Windows Vista System Performance Rating.
·          Future Technologies
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=165

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Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn Security Platform Enhancements -- Avi Ben-Menahem, Chris Corio
This session introduces several of the new security architecture components and technologies in Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn. Covered topics include enhancements to Credential Providers for logon and authentication, key service providers for the next-generation cryptographic architecture, and smartcard modules for token devices. There will also be in-depth information about new technologies such as User Account Control, which will change the default execution environment for applications, and the new Code Integrity security technology. We will discuss Code Integrity’s impact on drivers and highlight of the importance of signing 64-bit drivers as well as the new requirement for PIC signatures on all 64 bit kernel mode code. Lastly, we will provide an overview of BitLocker™ Drive Encryption.

·          Microsoft Operations Framework et System Center
·          System Center Reporting Manager 2006
·          SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring
·          Systems Management Server 2003 SP2
·          Systems Management Server v4
·          Microsoft Operations Manager v3
·          Microsoft System Center Essentials
·          Processus et Donnée. Biztalk Server. SQL Server

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=170

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Power Management In Windows Vista -- Pat Stemen
Windows Vista will contain significant changes to the Windows power management architecture. This session provides an overview of these changes and explains how system manufacturers can build on them. It also covers new power management usage models such as hybrid sleep and away mode, including details on how system manufacturers can integrate device and software power management with the Windows power manager. Finally, this session discusses standby resume performance in Windows Vista, demonstrates how system manufacturers can measure and tune system resume performance, and outlines best practices for ensuring optimal system resume performance.

·          Microsoft Operations Framework et System Center
·          System Center Reporting Manager 2006
·          SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring
·          Systems Management Server 2003 SP2
·          Systems Management Server v4
·          Microsoft Operations Manager v3
·          Microsoft System Center Essentials
·          Processus et Donnée. Biztalk Server. SQL Server

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=166
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HD DVD and Windows Vista: Futures and Opportunities -- Jordi Ribas

This session describes Microsoft's vision for HD DVD, including the features and business and consumer benefits of the format. It also provides a technical overview of HD DVD support in Windows Vista, scenarios for Windows Vista PCs, and associated hardware requirements.

·          Why HD DVD? The Opportunity
·          Benefits and differentiators
·          HD DVD Architecture
·          HD DVD and Windows Vista
·          HD DVD Experience Initiative for Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=175

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Windows Server Compute Cluster Server and Desk-side Clusters -- Anand Krishnan
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 brings together the power of commodity x64 computers with the ease of use and security of the Windows operating system to provide a secure and affordable high-performance computing (HPC) solution. This session outlines Microsoft's vision for the growing "personal supercomputing" market and the opportunities it provides for hardware partners.

·          What Is HPC? Some Applications
·          Entry Price-points, Comercial Adoption and Market Growth.
·          Challenges in HPC today. Microsoft's Vision and Initiatives.
·          Compute Cluster Server 2003: Value Proposition and Target Verticals
·          Partners and HPC Institutes. Bringing HPC Into The Mainstream
·          Deskside Supercomputing, What Should it Look Like?

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=176

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Keynote: Advancing the Platform – Bill Gates
Bill Gates focuses on how key technology investments are paving the way for a shift to a new platform and innovative market opportunities. Gates also discusses the impact of the introduction of Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn".

·          Industry Megatrends
·          Windows Virtualization
·          The PC Ecosystem. Investing for the Future
·          Announcing Beta 2
·          Customer: Alan Nunns. Chevron
·          Windows Vista Demo
·          The "Live" Era. Live Demo

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=161

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Keynote: Windows Vista -- Will Poole
Will Poole will present key new scenarios in Windows Vista and the business opportunities for the hardware industry. Poole will discuss major trends and inflection points in business, mobility, and consumer market spaces and will describe how hardware products can benefit. Hear how Microsoft's exciting new operating system will usher in opportunities to deliver integrated experiences and drive demand for premium hardware.

·          Windows vista: Premium Hardware delivering Business Value
·          Windows vista key features
·          Demo: XPS Document Workflow
·          Mobility Demo: Tablet Touch UI. Slide Show. Ready Drive
·          Computing for Consumers Challenges and Opportunities
·          Key Consumer features: Digital Cable Reciever. HD DVD Games.
·          The Windows Ecosystem
·          Logo Programs for Devices. New Hardware Opportunities
·          The Microsoft FlexGo Ecosystem

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=162

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Keynote: Infrastructure for the People Ready Business -- Bob Muglia
Bob Muglia will outline Microsoft's promises to IT and how they enable IT Pros and development teams across the IT lifecycle. Muglia will also discuss platform advancements in the areas of Right Server for the Right Job, Universal Distributed Storage and Self Managing Dynamic Systems.

·          Winning With Windows Server
·          Opportunities: Small Business. High Performanc Compunting.
·          Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
·          Windows Server Codename Longhorn
·          Server Manager Demo. Windows Power Shell
·          Storage investments
·          Opportunities and investments
·          System center Virtual Machine Manager
·          Intent to acquire Softricity
·          Windows server Longhorn Timeline

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=163

VIDEO: "The Making of the Halo 3 Trailer"

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:13:22 GMT

If you went to E3, you know we released the Halo 3 trailer there and officially announced what was probably the worst kept secret in the gaming world: That Halo 3 was coming to the Xbox 360 and that we are well along to making what will likely be the greatest, most epic game Microsoft has ever created - the final chapter in the Halo Trilogy.

And they've pulled out all the stops. The Bungie team, unlike previous versions of Halo, has been given what seems to be, a tremendous amount of time to make sure that the game exceeds expectations. Everyone knows that this is the crown - the Everest - the omega product for the XBox 360: If it doesn't consume all of the XBox 360's power, capabilities, and fan base, no game will. Not Grand Theft Auto 4, not Too Human, not Gears of War.

Bungie did a cool thing: They're not just building a historic game... they're documenting the creation. This is the first of hopefully what will be many insights into the Halo 3 development process. They explain what the heck happened in the trailer (which was very interesting to me considering that I didn't understand everything) and they even show clips of stuff that WASN'T in the trailer.

STORY: http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=e3makingof

Here is the videos in various resolutions:

LORES: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/3/3/F33EE031-FCD3-4189-AE59-1E70A72F7962/H3E3_Bnet_small_ST.wmv (26MB)

MEDRES: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/3/3/F33EE031-FCD3-4189-AE59-1E70A72F7962/H3E3_Bnet_medium_ST.wmv (83MB)

HIRES: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/3/3/F33EE031-FCD3-4189-AE59-1E70A72F7962/H3E3_Bnet_large_ST.wmv (383MB)

WEBCASTS: Office 2007 Training Videos

Sat, 27 May 2006 04:21:49 GMT

We've got a boatload of videos to help people learn the new Office 2007. Check them out.

Channel 9 – Videos, Screencasts, Podcasts

http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/MS+Office

Office 2007 "Rapid Deployment Program" Training Web Casts

( 1 ) Office 2007 New User Experience Part 1.wmv [ 10.1 MB ]

( 2 ) Office 2007 New User Experience Part 2.wmv [ 32.7 MB ]

( 3 ) Office 2007 Developing In Word 2007.wmv [ 29.0 MB ]

( 4 ) Office 2007 Core Excel Advances.wmv [ 19.9 MB ]

( 5 ) Office 2007 InfoPath Forms In Outlook.wmv [ 32.7 MB ]

( 6 ) Office 2007 New File Format Overview.wmv [ 14.6 MB ]

( 7 ) Office 2007 Servers Overview.wmv [ 36.1 MB ]

( 8 ) Office 2007 WSS Collaboration.wmv [ 28.2 MB ]

( 9 ) Office 2007 ECM Part1 - Doc Mgmt.wmv [ 30.1 MB ]

( 10 ) Office 2007 ECM Part2 - WCM.wmv [ 24.9 MB ]

( 11 ) Office 2007 Knowledge Mgmt.wmv [ 25.5 MB ]

( 12 ) Office 2007 BI.wmv [ 15.0 MB ]

( 13 ) Office 2007 Server Develoment.wmv [ 25.1 MB ]

MULTIMEDIA: Halo Concert at Video Games Live

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:44:13 GMT

I was fortunate enough to have a wife that bought us tickets to this event: This was Video Games Live - a concert by the LA Philharmonic that featured video game themes. Weird but true.

Our own Director of Music, Marty O'Donnell from Bungie Studios (a division of Microsoft) was on hand to help lead the orchestra in a rousing performance of the "Theme from Halo".

They've recorded it here:

http://www.videogameslive.com/trailer/vgl_halo.wmv

MULTIMEDIA: Microsoft's proposed Intracampus Transit system

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:56:10 GMT

Since many of you have never seen Microsoft's campus before, I thought I'd write about something that would give you an idea of how big the place is. Once if was just as cluster of 6 "X" shaped buildings, it's now a sprawling campus with a "lake", several football/frisbee football fields, a dozen or so basketball courts, a more than a dozen cafeterias... and these cafeterias are HUGE - some of them operate 24/7. Think about the size of your local Shopping Mall's food court. Yeah. That big.

In any case, there's a company that's proposing (again) a light rail transit system of sorts leveraging people-mover like cars that move about like a Disneyland ride. The proposal is here: http://gettherefast.org/bettercampus.html

This is a video that demonstrates what the rail system would look like and it's benefits web page:
VIDEO: http://www.cities21.org/MS.wmv
WEB: http://www.cities21.org/Redmond.htm

Note that I said, "again" above. This proposal has been put forth over and over again over the last 10 years I've been employed and the pluses and minuses never seemed to gel. Now this proposal's been put forth and it's the first that I've been privy to with such "marketing detail" around it.

Kinda spiffy to dream I suppose. It's not like people REALLY have traffic jams around the campus - but there are times when getting a shuttle can be a challenge and I could imagine how a system like this would be very convenient... albeit costly.

What would probably enable this to take off would be a system in which people could park elsewhere, the take the light rail system to their office because PARKING is always a problem at Microsoft. Also something where good coffee and the the local Pro Club (the gym everyone belongs to) are interconnected for midday coffee or a workout.

WEBCASTS: New online seminars for Management technologies

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:46:38 GMT

Secrets of a Heterogeneous Infrastructure Webcast

In late November and mid-December, Quest worked with Microsoft employees James Mizell, Shara Szott, Renee Woods, Tim Newton, Mike Ward and John Roller to deliver a Webcast about SMS and MOM and how customers can leverage Vintela Management Extensions (VMX) to manage their entire enterprise, including Windows, Unix, Linux and Macintosh resources.

For more information, read Jackson Shaw’s latest paper on security and management at: http://wm.quest.com/landing/?id=171

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific Time

Keith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

In this webcast, we explore the features and capabilities of the Microsoft Active Directory Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. This management pack monitors events that are placed in the Application, System, and Directory Service event logs by various Active Directory components and subsystems. It also monitors the overall health of Active Directory and alerts you to critical performance issues. Learn how the Active Directory Management Pack for MOM 2005 can provide you with valuable monitoring information for most implementations of Active Directory. We also show how Active Directory Management Pack reports make important information available to you in the areas of trending, user account problems, configuration, and service level availability.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032287391&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Planning and Deploying Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time

John Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

Planning the deployment of your Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 environment is an important step towards ensuring that your installation is successful and stable. In this webcast, we offer best practices for deployment and look at various tools that are available to assist you with your SMS 2003 installation.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032287393&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Analysis of Self-Managing Dynamic Systems (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time

Peter Meister, Lead Product Manager, Windows Server, Microsoft Corporation

Jeff Woolsey, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Self-managing dynamic systems are information technology (IT) infrastructures that abstract, or virtualize, computing resources to help IT professionals deploy business services more nimbly and respond quickly to business requirements. Self-managing dynamic systems can have a powerful effect on how you approach your business. This webcast provides an in-depth analysis of self-managing dynamic systems. Learn how to create highly available, highly reliable server operations by combining key management technologies with virtualization and coupling them with the Microsoft Windows Server operating system.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032284679&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 (Level 200)

Monday, January 23, 2006 - 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific Time

John Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

Troubleshooting Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 installations can be difficult unless you know where to look and what to look for. This webcast describes some of the common problems with SMS 2003 environments and illustrates straightforward solutions with practical demonstrations. We cover common problems and solutions, including those related to installing SMS management points and advanced clients, communication between the components in your SMS hierarchy, management point security, and Microsoft SQL Server access.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032287568&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Security Update Management with Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time

John Baker, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

Join this webcast to learn about the best practices you should consider when you develop an update management solution using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. Get detailed recommendations for all parts of a software update solution, including the setup stage and the software update cycle. We provide specific guidance on updating desktop, mobile, and server computers. We also discuss using the Dell inventory tool to update Dell servers.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032287454&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 for Exchange Deployments (Level 200)

Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Keith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation

In this webcast, we explore the Microsoft Exchange 2003 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and show how it can help your organization proactively identify problems. We discuss the monitoring capabilities provided by this management pack and demonstrate how they can help you to identify problems and quickly solve them. We also examine the reporting capabilities provided by this management pack and explain how they can help you avoid problems.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032287397&Culture=en-US

TOOL: Tweak Windows Media Player with TweakMP!

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:24:47 GMT

This is a really important thing for Presenters and Sales people to know, and it might be useful for many folks that use Windows Media Player on it's own.

There's a tool out there called TweakMP or the TweakUI for Windows Media Player 9/10. It surprises me how little people know about this tool. It can be downloaded from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/getmore/tweakmp_readme.aspx

After you install this tool, as a presenter, if you ever have to do full screen demos or full screen video shows, (which you can initiate by pressing ALT-ENTER within Windows Media Player 9/10) you'll appreciate the following tweaks:

1) DISABLE CONTROLS APPEARANCE UNLESS THE MOUSE IS AT THE TOP/BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

You do not want the video to go out of full screen mode when you accidentally bump the mouse, such as when you are at a trade show expo or event. So what you need to do is, after installation, open Windows Media Player. Access the PowerToy in the Player by clicking “Tools”, pointing to “Plug-ins”, and clicking “TweakMP”. In the TweakMP window, click the “Full-Screen” tab. Select the radio button "Only when the mouse pointer is at the top or bottom of the screen".

2) DISABLE RESIZE VIDEO

You also don't want the video shrinking and growing everytime you have to bring up the FF/RW controls in full screen, so uncheck the check box "Resize video when full-screen controls are displayed".

3) MAKE THE CONTROLS & THE MOUSE DISAPPEAR QUICKLY & MAKE TRANSITIONS GO QUICKLY

Adjust both of the “Timeout Settings” to “Shorter”. Leave the “Transition style” as “Vertical”. Adjust the “Transition speed” to “Faster”.

Close the window and restart whatever video you're playing. Test out full screen and the tweaks you've made.

Good selling!

HOWTO: Capture/Record Macromedia Flash Streaming Video

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:53:02 GMT

Question: "How do I capture/record a streaming video that's done using Macromedia Flash?"

This is the question that many people have asked me in some form or another, the most common format of this question is, "How do I capture a video from <website>.com... because I've searched my Internet Cache for the .SWF file or the .FLV file and I've come up with nothing?" Some online video sites now use the less efficient & less capable Macromedia Flash format for delivering video content and up 'til now, Flash Video has been so minimally used that there have been virtually no tools for the end user to use to record the video and its associated audio.

Tonight I just decided to just hash it out and write a quick tutorial on how to record any Flash video you see on the Internet into a Windows Media .WMV file that you can then save and archive for your own offline playback.

(Note the following was done on a 2.0Ghz Pentium M laptop in a hotel room Internet connection

1) DOWNLOAD REPLAY SCREENCAST ($19)

Replay Screencast is a low resource video capture program that records both the 30 fps full color video you're seeing on the screen as well the stereo audio being sent to your speakers. And please don't pirate it - pay for it. Applian, the company that makes the product deserves your patronage.

2) CONFIGURE AUDIO/VIDEO SETTINGS

Set the "Audio device" to the audio adapter on your machine.

Set the "Audio recording line" to the channel that the audio is outputting to - usually "Wave Out Mix" or something like that.

Set the Video frames per second to 30 and the bit rate to 750KBps. This isn't at all optimal but heck, all we want is a file right now right? We can tweak this later for file size and bandwidth consumption but for right now, let's just make sure we get the content.

Set the "Smoothness" to 50 and select the "High Motion Video" radio button.

3) SET VIDEO RECORDING REGION

This is where it get's a little tricky. Basically, you need to open up the window in which you plan to playback the video in question. For example, if you were to go to say, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6905089586228877019&q=sushi, you can initiate playback and press the pause button. (This is actually good because the video will buffer in the background while you are doing other things.)

Now back on the Screencast Setting menu, set the "Video Recording Region" to the "Screen Region" radio button.

Now, click the crosshairs that you see next to the words, "Screen Region". Your mouse will turn into the cross hairs... move the crosshairs to the upper left hand corner of the video window in your browser and click the LEFT mouse button.

Now drag the mouse to the bottom left hand corner of the video you wish to capture (a rubber band will appear) and click the RIGHT mouse button.

You should see that the values for "Top left" and "Bottom right" are now filled in on the Screencast Settings dialog box.

Click the OK button to close the Settings window - you're done.

4) RECORD VIDEO

Press "Record" in the Screencast window.

Click the browser window that has the video in question and start the video by either pressing PLAY or UNPAUSING the video. Stay in the context of the browser to maximize foreground performance.

When the video is done, press STOP in the Screencast window.

...you're done. You should have a file labeled something like "Replay Screencast 2006-01-09-02.49.wmv" in your recordings folder with a brand new recording of the Flash that was streamed to you. The file is a full digital fidelity encoding that is streamable from a Windows Media Server and/or playable offline from your own PC.

I've found that this tool and method produces excellent results as long as the video capture window doesn't exceed 800x600 (which you really shouldn't have to do anyway) and this is just because of the required processing overhead of running both the Windows Media libraries as well as Flash Player. A good rule of thumb is to make sure that the Flash video is playing back in the original dimensions it was recorded in. (Since you can't get any better fidelity than that)

To do this in in some players:

- Click the Down arrow

- Select "Original Size"

That's it.

MULTIMEDIA: Microsoft's Home of the Future on NBC's Today Show

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:57:38 GMT

Thursday, on NBC's "The Today Show," Robbie Bach will announce a $300,000 software donation pledge to the "Today Show"'s Annual Holiday Gift Drive, marking the fifth year we have participated in the Gift Drive. In addition, we will donate 75 Xbox 360s and will distribute additional Microsoft hardware and software products to the crowd for an on-camera contribution to the gift drive.

On a related note, we had about a 5 minute segment covering the Microsoft Home on the Today show earlier this week as well.

VIEW: http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=3b3a4c1e-6101-4183-9327-a94085dfdc16&f

VIDEO: What's Windows Server 2003 R2?

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:44:30 GMT

What's New in Windows Server 2003 R2?
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=81

NIX Interoperability in Windows Server 2003 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=77

ADFS: Web SSO and Identity Federation using Windows Server 2003 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=78

NEWS: Orange County Choppers uses Microsoft Technologies

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:48:34 GMT

Check this video out. Orange County Choppers proudly runs on Microsoft Technology.

VIDEO: http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0511/25581/VBS_2005_OCC_Launch_750k.asx

VIDEO: Bill Gates & Napoleon Dynamite

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:36:17 GMT

Annually, we produce some of the videos and sketches that Bill and Steve are known for being in. I get access to some of these but most of the time they involve external talent, like in one sketch we had Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric, and when this happens, they're very protective of the content since these folks get paid based on "viewership".

But we showed one of these videos and a couple short clips were actually video recorded by Paul Thurott. I'm quite surprised that he got these out of the convention center as there's typically no videos allowed. I'm sure he was provided some "special access" but these videos are usually only for the people attending so, again, I'm very surprised.

Nonetheless, if you want to check them out here's the links - they're only 30 seconds or so a piece:
VIDEO1: http://winsupersite.com/files/pdc2005-nap01.wmv
VIDEO2: http://winsupersite.com/files/pdc2005-nap02.wmv

VIDEO: Marc McDonald - Employee #1 at Microsoft

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:20:02 GMT

Here's a fascinating interview with Marc McDonald from Microsoft.

Marc is the VERY FIRST employee of Microsoft and he's still with us to this day. I won't even begin to try to explain what he used to do and what he does now - just watch the video. What's funny is that

He shows the very first Microsoft business card, and he discusses why his employee ID is not "#1" and how many people worked to try to get him Employee ID #1 today, and why it wasn't possible.

This guy is sharp... but you can tell he's just plain an uber-coder. A true "Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott" aka "Scotty".

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=111590

VIDEO: An Interview with Bill Gates

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:49:32 GMT

Bill Gates. Do we need to say anything more?

Visit Bill in his office for a few minutes to talk about where he sees the future going. This is a fun interview, prepares you for the PDC that's coming next week.

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=111598

(16min, 34sec - 244MB, HiRes WMV)