RE: Server not actually streaming without full path to file

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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:10:01 -0700

It works!

I stopped the web server, pointed the WMS HTTP Server protocol to port 80 and I'm golden. Didn't have to do anything to the firewall.

thanks again Ravi!

"Ravi Raman" wrote:

> What is the path for your YMNMEDIA publishing point? Does
> that include the "mediafiles" directory in the path?
>
> Also, would you happen to have web server running on port
> 80? If so, which directory is the web server root pointing
> to? (I am guessing one directory above the mediafiles
> directory).
>
> It is possible that if your firewall has not opened the
> right ports (like 554,1755 etc.), your client is rolling
> over to HTTP (because MMS/RTSP streaming will fail). And
> if you have web server running with the right directory
> mapping, your file probably gets downloaded instead of
> streamed to the player.
>
> You can stop the web service and see if the files are
> still reachable. If not, then the rollover is what is
> happening.
>
> For more details on opening the firewall/ports, please
> check http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827562. If you
> don't want to open more ports, but if you are okay with
> web service not running - then you can enable the Windows
> Media Server's WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol on port 80
> and then WMServer can stream over port 80.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ravi
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a version 9 server and have set it up to stream
> from a publishing point other than wmpub and I've tried
> from wmpub. For some reason, I cannot get it to stream a
> file from the publishing point root. I actually have to
> write out the full path. Here's what I mean:
> >
> >Here is the publishing point
> >
> >mms://www.yourmusicnetwork-media.net/ymnmedia
> >
> >Now, this should work right:
> >
> >mms://www.yourmusicnetwork-
> media.net/ymnmedia/683311052427/683311052427-1.wmv
> >
> >It doesn't. I have to actually do:
> >
> >mms://www.yourmusicnetwork-
> media.net/ymnmedia/mediafiles/683311052427/683311052427-
> 1.wmv
> >
> >This is not what the documentation says. And I'm not
> actually convinced it's streaming. The log file show
> nothing even though it logs just fine during the test.
> >
> >I have a feeling that my firewall may be an issue, but I
> have UDP ports open.
> >
> >Any ideas here? Anybody run into this problem before?
> >
> >thanks,
> >-Trish
> >
> >.
> >
>

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