Re: Media services - cannot connect to media from internet

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Hello Neil,
Thank you for your response. I have tried so many things to try to get this
to work with limited success. Initially, I could not connect to any of the
publishing points at all (internally or externally). I did some research and
found that I would not be able to connect to the publishing point within my
LAN unless I changed my mms://mycomputer/test (to my local IP address)
mms://192.168.0.100/test. After make this change, I could connect to the
publishing point from the LAN. As you have suggested, I had previously made
the change for the external IP (which has now changed because I replaced my
cable modem) to read mms://24.150.63.106/test but this does not work. I have
now changed the modem (which changed my IP), I have also added a new router
which in turn again changed my IP. Now the funny thing is, previously without
the router, I HAD to use the internal IP address of the server so I could
connect to it from a machine on the LAN. Since the addition of the router, I
am able to change it to the public IP (24.150.63.106) and I can access it
from the LAN but I am trying it from a different location and as I stated in
my previous posting:
The page opens with the embedded media player and the status shows:
“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.
-Paul :(

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> 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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