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11 Jun 2008

Problems Uploading Videos to Windows Live Silverlight Streaming when Beta 2 Installed?

     

If you have Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Installed and enabled, you will not be able to upload videos to Silverlight streaming. That's because the upload component is written in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and has not yet been upgraded to Beta 2. The problem manifests itself as a disabled Browse button on the "Upload Videos" page.

I was trying to upload some videos for the Silverlight TechFest this Friday and kept running into this issue. I figured out the solution by digging around in the JS and seeing that the field gets enabled only when the upload component init/create is successful. I also saw that there's a down-level uploader available.

The workaround is to disable Silverlight (temporarily!) in IE, by going into Tools-> Manage Add-ons -> Enable or Disable Add-ons

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In the drop-down, select "Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer":

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and disable Silverlight:

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Then restart IE. When you've completed your uploads, remember to enable Silverlight.

The nag screens in Live get annoying, but this is a temporary solution just until they update to Beta 2.

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posted by Pete Brown on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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1 comment for “Problems Uploading Videos to Windows Live Silverlight Streaming when Beta 2 Installed?”

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    Michael Paladinosays:
    Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 7:44:45 PM
    Thanks. I was going to try out the service, but a disabled "Upload" button was definitely a show stopper. Thanks for the tip.

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