Windows Azure Media Services allows you to build a media distribution solution that can stream audio and video to Windows, iOS, Android, and other devices and platforms.To learn more, visit our Developer Center.

If you are new to Media Services, you can get started by following our tutorials. You could be able to bring media into Azure, encoded it, package it into stream-able format and make it available for streaming.

To get the source code of our SDKs and samples via git just type:

git clone https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-for-media-services.git
cd ./azure-sdk-for-media-services/

1. A Media Services account in a new or existing Windows Azure subscription. See the topic How to Create a Media Services Account.
2. Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, or Windows 8.
3. .NET Framework 4.5 or .NET Framework 4.
4. Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (Professional, Premium, Ultimate, or Express).

To build sdk sources and tests type following commands:

cd ./azure-sdk-for-media-services/
msbuild ./SDK.Client.sln

This set of test allows you to verify Windows Azure Media Services .Net SDK functionality using your existing Windows Azure Media Services account. Please check out Test instruction on how to use it.

Be sure to check out the Mobile Services Developer Forum if you are having trouble. The Media Services product team actively monitors the forum and will be more than happy to assist you.

If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please follow the instructions provided in Windows Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines.

If you encounter any bugs with the library please file an issue in the Issues section of the project.

Windows Azure Media Services Developer Center