Connecting a Windows Media Services Server with Unicast to Windows Media Encoder (285067)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.1
  • Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7
  • Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7.1
  • Microsoft Windows Media Tools 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows Media Tools 4.1
This article was previously published under Q285067

SUMMARY

This article describes the procedure that you can use to configure a unicast stream with Windows Media Services.

MORE INFORMATION

You can stream live audio or video from a Windows Media Services server. To do this, you must use a Windows Media Encoder to encode audio or video and send the stream to a Windows Media server. The server in turn sends the stream to a client.

Multicast is generally not a viable option for broadcasting video on the Internet. Unicast is typically used.

Steps to Configure Windows Media Services to Connect to an Encoder

  1. Start the Windows Media Administrator.
  2. On the left side of the Administrator, select Unicast Publishing Points.
  3. In the Broadcast Unicast Publishing Points section, clear the Use wizard option.
  4. Click Broadcast, and then choose New.
  5. For the alias, choose any descriptive name.
  6. For Path type, chose Windows Media Encoder.
  7. For the URL, use the path to the Windows Media Encoder. Typically, this would be an MSBD path for Windows Media Encoder 4.1 and an HTTP path for Windows Media Encoder 7. The path to the encoder would typically look like this for Windows Media Encoder 4.1: 

    MSBD://encoder1:7007

    The path to the encoder would typically look like this for Windows Media Encoder 7: 

    HTTP://encoder1:8080


To test if the video works, open Windows Media Player and connect to the Windows Media Services server by using the IP address and alias that you specific in the steps above like this: 

MMS://1.1.1.1/live
where "1.1.1.1" is the IP address of your Windows Media Services server and "live" is the alias from step #5 above.

For more information on configuring Windows Media Encoder for live broadcasts, see the Encoder's documentation.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/26/2003
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