Re: Media services - cannot connect to media from internet

The IP address for the MMS stream (inside the HTML) ought to be the
external IP address of the network, facing the internet.

Unfortunately, microsoft chose to use the UNC name for the server if
the server has no DNS name available on the internet.

As yours probably doesn't I'm prepared to bet your URL to the mms
stream is like mms://mycomputer/test and in fact it needs to be like
mms://217.45.200.108/test

This is because the machine and network 'mycomputer' isn't known to
the internets DNS routers (however it *is* known to the browse
services on your local network provided by NetBeui etc, so it works
there).

Make sure to keep your IP updated if you're on a dynamic IP address.
Normally it'll be static until you take your router down or your DSL
goes offline, you may then end up with a *new* external IP address.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:24:03 -0700, "Paul"
<Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I had a previous post but wanted to give a little more detail of my issue.
>
>I?m trying to stream a WMV video file using Media Services 9 and I am a
>novice at this so please excuse my lack of knowledge.
>I have Media Services installed in Server 2003. I have opened ports 21, 80,
>554, 1755, 5004 and 5005
>I am running Apache HTTP server on this system for my website and also Gene6
>FTP server.
>I want to stream a file that is on my hard drive so using the wizard, I go
>through the steps to create an ?On Demand? file. The selections that I have
>picked are as follows:
>Add publishing point (Wizard)
>I assign it a name ?test?
>I select the radio button for
>One file
>On Demand publishing point
>Add a new publishing point
>My file is located in a different folder than the default one listed so I
>browse to it.
>C:\HTTP\Stream\test.wmv
>I don?t check the enable logging box
>It shows me a summary box with the name, type, location and weather logging
>is enabled. All this information is correct.
>Then it goes into the next wizard with which I create a *.htm page and an
>asx file
>Here, I have the option to change the server from URL to content which
>defaults to
>* mms://MYSERVER /test
>Next, I browse to the location of where I would like to store my asx and htm
>files. For both, I select C:\HTTM\Stream\Test with the appropriate extension
>Now after a couple of screens the summary for the Announcement for Metadata
>appears.
>Finally, the Test Unicast announcement screen appears and I can test both,
>the announcement and webpage with the embedded media player. This works just
>fine.
>Using a web browser from a friend?s home, I can access the *.htm file with
>no problem. The page opens with the embedded media player and the status show
>?Connecting to media? for a short time and then changes to ?Locating media??
>and then ?Ready? but the video does not play. If I click the play button, the
>same dialog repeats with no content.
>If I open the ?stand-alone? media player, I get ?Connecting to media?,
>?Locating media?? and then a pop box that states ?Windows Media Player cannot
>connect to the server. The server name might not be correct, the server might
>not be available or your proxy settings might not be correct.
>· During some tests, I have changed the MYSERVER to my IP address
>with no success.
>· If I change the MYSERVER to the LAN IP address of the server, I can
>access the file from within the LAN
>In desperation, I have installed IIS, once again with no success.
>In the properties of the publishing point, I have left everything at default
>values however, I have enabled the following:
>Enable Advanced Fast Start
>Authorization to WMS NTFS ACL Authorization
>WMS Anonymous User Authentication
>Can someone give me a hint to what I am missing?
>Thank you in advance.
>-Paul

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