RE: What configuration is needed for WMS9 for multicast to function sm

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You can not multicast over the internet, the base protocal is blocked.
it would cause a internet broadcase and IP spam the world

"tomujtaba@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am working with multicasting the live stream over the internet.
> For current scenario i m testing the solution with following
> environment:
>
> - Two PC on LAN
> - One is equipped with Windows 2003 server + Windows media services 9 +
> Windows Media Encoder
> - Second PC is XP machine with Windows Media Player 9
>
>
> I have tested the Unicast broadcasting with this setup successfully.
>
> Now i want to test it for Multicasting. For this i have created the
> Multicast publishing point with the following settings:
>
> Publishing Point Name: Test1
> Content Type : Encoder (live stream)
> Publishing Point Type: Broadcast Publishing Point
> Delivery Options for Broadcast Publishing Points: Multicast + Enable
> unicast rollover
> Encoder URL: http://MyServer
>
> +
>
> i have set the following properties for the publishing point "Test1"
>
> Authorization: WMS IP address authorization (Enabled)
> +
> WMS Publishing point ACL Authorization (Enabled)
>
> Multicast streaming: WMS multicast data write (Enabled)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Upto here i configure the multicast publishing point.
>
> Now the Windows Media Encoder settings for multicast test are:
>
>
> Device Option: Video (LF-CAM100K)
> Broadcast Method: Push
> Server & Publishing Point: server name ---> MyServer:8080
> PublishingPoint----> Test1
>
> + Next remaining are default options.
>
> When i click wizard last option to start encoding it shows the
> following error:
>
> "The specified push publishing point is invalid(0xC00D151B)"
>
> Could anybody please let me know how to solve this porblem. Any
> ideas/hints will be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Mujtaba
>
>
.

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