Re: Creating a Hyperlink or Link to WMV

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If clients are connecting via Windows Media Player 9.0 or newer, they will
be connecting via RTSP rather then MMS even though the request calls for
MMS.

Try opening port 554 for RTSP.


"Bill Burns" <wilhelm_here@spamdotyahoodotcom> wrote in message
news:e5BdkJLbFHA.3032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You don't need to include the port number in the URL - windows media
> player will default to the best one.
>
> What is the form of your URL? It should be something like-
>
> if you are serving internally:
> mms://internal-server-name/path/filename.wmv
>
> if you are serving externally:
> mms://my.domain.com/publishingpoint/filename.wmv
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
> "Daniel" <Daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:11E8C88E-30CB-4FEB-BC9B-00BA03953AEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> All right, this may seem elementary for most of you but I can't figure it
>> out.
>>
>> I've installed, configured and tested our Windows Server 2003 with
>> Windows
>> Media Services in a staging environment but after move it to production
>> and
>> opening the series of ports I still can't build a link to the WMV file. I
>> receive the "network error occurred" message every time.
>>
>> Do I need to include the port number in the URL?
>
>


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