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Martin - Sir James Smiths School - 07 Nov 2007 11:04 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to get Windows Streaming Services working on Windowss Server 2003
Standard Edition.

I have gave it the role and created a unicast point and ran the annouce
wizzard.

I have set it so that it points to a directory containing files to be
streamed.

Then from a client pc opened windows media player and opened the url:
mms://serverName/pointName/file.wmv

and it said there was no connection, I have also tried the .asx extention.

I verified the file works (WMV) and it also work's on the server just not to
any clients.

The server is a new install from disk on service pack one and only had the
windows media streaming role added.

I have also set permissions on the folder hopefully giving me more access
but this hasn't helped I have also tried no permissions.

I'm all out of ideas, are there any ports to be opened gathering from the
microsfot article there was nothing special to configure other than giving
the server the role adding a point and running the annoucement wizard.

Thanks for any responce.

Kind Regards,

Martin Newton Hughes

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 07 Nov 2007 20:24 GMT

>I'm trying to get Windows Streaming Services working on Windowss Server 2003
>Standard Edition.I have gave it the role and created a unicast point and ran the annouce
>wizzard. I have set it so that it points to a directory containing files to be
>streamed.

>Then from a client pc opened windows media player and opened the url:
>mms://serverName/pointName/file.wmv

>and it said there was no connection, I have also tried the .asx extention.

WMS doesn't serve ASX to my knowledge, so you'd need to point it to a
web server for that. If you substitute http for mms protocol (and
you're using WMP11 to view) is there any change then ?

If you're running IIS on that server too, you may need to reallocate
the IP address (or port) used by IIS because it'll conflict with http
streaming of WMS which also uses port 80.

Finally, what happens if you try the built in media player on the
local server box, there's a "Test Stream" button you can use.

Once you've got that working, you'll have to change serverName in the
URL to the FQDN (DNS name) of the server, or use the IP address,
bceause the server name above won't resolve on the internet to an IP

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

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Martin - Sir James Smiths School - 08 Nov 2007 08:55 GMT

> >I'm trying to get Windows Streaming Services working on Windowss Server 2003
> >Standard Edition.I have gave it the role and created a unicast point and ran the annouce
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> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Thanks for the reply!

I have tried the test stream and it work's, but still doesn't seem to stream.

We only want the server to stream on the intranet not the internet so as far
as i know we don't need IIS or FQDN (DNS name)?

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Martin - Sir James Smiths School - 08 Nov 2007 09:57 GMT

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 03:04:01 -0800, Martin - Sir James Smiths School
> <Martin - Sir James Smiths School@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

It seems to be working now with one network PC, and a laptop but another
network pc only through IP not DNS e.g.
mms://IPAdress/publishPoint/fileName.wmv rather than
mms://serverName/publishPoint/fileName.wmv

We have entered a DNS entry for the Streaming server on our Primary DC but
that doesn't seem to resolve the issue.

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Martin - Sir James Smiths School - 08 Nov 2007 09:56 GMT

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