Someone at a demonstration asked if there was a way to increase performance locally and if there was GPU Encoding for the VC-1 codec, in addition to service pack 1’s H.264 support. I began to try to think of alternatives, I was pleasantly surprised when I found Wade Wegner’s entry about GPU encoding in the cloud. Check it out folks it’s a great solution..

http://www.wadewegner.com/2011/01/using-expression-encoder-4-in-a-windows-azure-worker-role/

Editor’s Note: I have no data on the economics/costs of this at this time to point to.

Also thanks to James Clarke for the mention of this link over that the ClarkeZone Blog..