Highly confused newbie trying to sort out streaming video !!
From: bckwheat (bckwheat_99_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:02:16 -0700
Hi Alan
I myself have just gone through this same situation. I
would highly recommend this book from microsoft, windows
media resource guide. I have included the amazon URL. New
$59, used $7.75. Buy used its almost always brand new.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
/0735618070/qid=1083105969/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-1905750-
8644128?v=glance&s=books
I found out a few things.
1.The files you serve up work dramatically better if
encoded by windows media encoder. This includes live
broadcast.
2. Thanks to Ravi when setting up publishing points use
the "on demand" feature. After I found this out it worked
great.
3. If you are behind a cable or dsl modem/firewall make
sure your ports "pass through". Email me if you need help
with this. If your server is on a static IP then to test
you can use the ip address to test i.e.
mms://207.224.##.###/nameOFfile
It seems simplistic to say this but sometimes the smallest
things cause the biggest problems.
4.I had a problem serving up video until I installed the
IIS internet services that came with Win server 2003.
This may or may not be an issue but it was for me.
5.Make sure you start your Windows media server. Open
media server, right click, start.
6. "Allow connections" on the "on demand" publishing point
(right click). Oh yea, if you don't have a publishing
point set up. Run the wizard.
7. If for whatever reason when you set up the publishing
point and it gives an error when finding the path you your
file, but the test files that come with it work, re-encode
your file. Four hours figuring that one out,(idiot on my
part).
8. Files work best if they are in the Window media root
folder.
9. Be aware that professional microsoft phone support
starts at $245. So that nice $1000 you spent getting the
software doesn't include help with it. Your on your own.
10. RAVI from Microsoft is da man. Two weeks of fustration
and refusal to pay $245 for help, was solved in two emails
from this Newsgroup.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>I've just installed Windows 2003 Server on a spare
machine and am trying
>to learn how to provide streaming video content from a
web site. The
>enormous amount of information available is just too much
to take in and
>I'm struggling badly.
>
>Could anyone please give me some basic pointers ? In
particular ...
>
>*) What is the best format to use ? The most important
concern is that
>the videos are available to anyone who visits the site,
so cross-browser
>and platform support is very important. Is Real a better
option than
>WMV, or is there something else again ? If I use WM
format, what version
>do I use ? Version 9 seems to be the latest, but is it
widely installed
>? I don't want people to have to download updates to see
the videos as
>they are likely to go elsewhere.
>
>*) What is the best way to display the content ? I would
like to use an
>embedded player where possible, and an external one where
not. Again,
>this must work for everyone.
>
>*) How do I protect the videos ? The site will offer a
free trailer of
>the videos, and require the user to pay to see the full
thing. I don't
>want one person to pay, then pass an URL round the
Internet, allowing
>anyone to grab the video for free.
>
>Thanx for any help you can give.
>
>--
>Alan Silver
>(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)
>.
>
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