Is there a way of starting/stopping a publishing point from command
line. I have a broadcast publishing point which is streaming from a
file. After the streaming of the file is done the publishing point
stops sending data at which point I need to start it again. I want to

I must install a windows media player to play a stream in a shop. I need a
continuous play (reconnect after a problem of connection, after a soft
crash...). Is this it possible with windows media player or an other soft ??
Thanks !

i am using a dual pentium 3 system with 1024 megs 10k scsi drives.  windows
2003 server.  the system keeps crashing.  not sure why.  we would like to
upgrade to a reliable server that would handle  around  1000 concurrent users
with ranging bandwidth. (5 to 100 mb per second ...

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the
server is not available (for example, the server is busy
or not online)."
This looks to be a server issue but we've rebooted both

Hey Guys,
I am looking for ways to kick off a stream remotely using something along
the lines of an MMC plugin. We want to be able to simply kick the stream off
without actually physically being on the server or using remote desktop. Our

I've read through various deployment articles on WMS9, and I understand about
protocol rollover through the various protocols like RTSP, MMS, and HTTP, but
my question is this:  Will I be missing out on any features if I only enable
HTTP streaming on my server?  We only do ...

please, would you be so kind to help me with solving this situation:
I am running IIS6 on Windows 2003 Server Web Edition.
This version doesn't contain Media Services.
Now the situation changed and I need Media Services.

I created simple FM radio quality audio stream with WME that pushes to WMS.
I set the buffer in there to 1.  Then in the Windows Media server I set the
buffer to 1.  I open the options in windows media player and also set the
buffer to 1.  Now when I listen to the stream there is ...

I'm at work and I can listen to all radio stations but one (I can
listen this at home).  I'm not sure why this radio station is special.
I'm behind company firewall and they block I think port 1755.  Is
there anything I can do to allow me listenig to this station?

Scenario: I have two Windows Media 9 Servers.  Server 1 is sourcing from an
encoder.  Server 2 is sourcing from Server 1 using the RTSPT protocol.  WMP
clients connect to Server 2 (also using RTSPT) to play the video.
Question: When clients connect to Server 2, does this server ...

I'm looking for a reliable log-file-analyzer for Windows Media on Windows
2003.
I've been playing around with awstats and analog.
What do you use ?

Source: Live broadcast TV for distribution to business users within our
building
Encoder: Media Encoder9 on P4 gear running XP
Server: 2003 Server Media Services on P4 gear

I got a On-Demand publishing point playing content from a directory with
thousands of mp3s within subfolders. Is there any simple way of generating an
.asx file for each subfolder without doing it manually?

Running media server on WIN2K ADV.
Have encoded some wmv files and we can access and play these fine by
entering the URL directly in Windows Media Player.
However when we come to link to these via one of our websites using an asx

I did my first step with MS media servers and immediately failed. I have a
Windows 2003 Standard Server and installed the media services on top of it.
If I try to access the MMC snapin, I get an error message 8007005 (access
denied) which reads (translated into english): For the ...