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How to - tutorial : Streaming Windows Media

An affordable streaming system' We must be dreaming, Microsoft has done it! A simple and relatively cheap procedure, that only requires a Windows 2000 server license and some bandwidth to allow an unlimited number of clients (limited only by our hardware anyway), unlike RealNetworks which offers a license by the number of simultaneous connections.

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How to - tutorial : Streaming Windows Media

November 08th, 2005 - 06:00 pm ET by R. K.
  1. 1 - Windows Media : Introduction
  2. 2 - Installation of Windows Media services
  3. 3 - Configuration : Distribution
  4. 4 - Configuration : Points about Unicast
  5. 5 - Configuration : Multicast Station (1/3)
  6. 6 - Configuration : Multicast Station (2/3)
  7. 7 - Configuration : Multicast Station (3/3)
  8. 8 - Test with a client
  9. 9 - Presentation and Installation of the encoder
  10. 10 - Encoder – test (1/4)
  11. 11 - Encoder - Test (2/4)
  12. 12 - Encoder - Test (3/4)
  13. 13 - Encoder - Test (4/4)
  14. 14 - Conclusion
The resulting configuration file from the first part, an NSC file, will contain all the necessary information for the player to find the stream. It is thus necessary that the file is accessible and is stored in a place on a Web server. This brings us to the next stage, which is the backup of the NSC file on a local disk of a Windows Media server, also acting as a Web server; this means on a different web server if the Media server is dedicated.


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The last stage of the setup process asks if we want to create a whole lot of small files of HTML ends, with the default setting forcing our hand a bit by making us create an .asx file.


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This small file is an XML containing the URL accessing the NSC file, and potentially all the relevant information like title, author, date etc. The assistant will not specifically ask us this information, but the description of the XML format is available on the MSDN and will allow you to manually modify the file if you need.

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The .nsc configuration file and .asx files are now available on a web server, and the multicast station has automatically started. You should still always verify, once it has been created, that the multicast address and the different network settings comply with your network.

The settings are accessible in two ways from the “Properties” menu:
Multicast Stations > Stations > Properties

  • Either by selecting a station
  • Or by right clicking on a station that is in the Multicast Stations list.


You should also stop the station before changing any of the settings.


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