Limit client playing time from a broadcast publishing point

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Patrick - 19 Dec 2003 16:17 GMT

I want to know how to limit the time a client play from a
broadcast publishing point.

i.e. The publishing point keeps on running, whenever a
client play from the publishing point, the client can
only see 30 seconds and then stop playing.

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Jorge Novillo [MS] - 22 Dec 2003 18:14 GMT

If you're using Windows Media Services 9 Series that ships with Windows
Server 2003, then you can enable a wrapper playlist on the Broadcast
publishing point that limits the duration of the broadcast. Of course,
once the player enters the stopped state, the user could re-connect to the
broadcast and continue streaming. If you're looking for a way to limit the
user to 30sec of streaming and prevent them from re-connecting in the
future, you'll have to write a custom plugin to do this.

Here's an example of the wrapper playlist solution i mentioned above:

<?wsx version="1.0"?>
<smil>
<media src="%requestedUrl%" dur="30" />
</smil>

Thanks for using Windows Media Technologies.

Jorge Novillo [MS]
Digital Media Division

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