IIS7 - Media

IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit 1.0 - Beta 1 Feedback

vsood — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:23:10 GMT

Please use this thread to provide us your feedback on Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit Beta 1. You can get more details here on the release.

Migrating from Windows Media Services to IIS Smooth Streaming

einar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:37 GMT

Hi I would like to know if there is any documentation about migrating media delivery from Windows Media Services (WMS) to IIS Smooth streaming? Today I serve my content using WMS. My content is usually just one bitrate wmv file in Windows Media 9 format (video and audio) in an asf container. I also have another version of my content for mobile devices such as the iPhone. This is a lower resolution version of the same file encoded using AVC1(h264)/ACC in an mp4 container. My question are: Do I need to re-encode my content for smooth streaming or can I somehow generate the Manifest files according to the already existing keyframes in my media files? Also, would it be possible to offer two bitrates in different formats? The idea is to use the lower resolution (and lower bitrate) format (iPhone version) together with the higher bitrate version of the video. Clients seeking around or experiencing bandwith problems could therefore start by playing the lower bitrate and then switch to the higher bitrate version. Furthermore, could I "smooth stream" the lower bitrate version directly to the iPhone as well (as shown (or almost shown..) in ScottGu's keynote at PDC09)?

Calculation of next fragment ts fails with Inlet Spinnaker Live SS

303 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:48 GMT

Since I can't get any answers from Inlet I will try and ask here if anyone has a clue. I'm having troubles with Live Smooth Streaming together with the Inlet Spinnaker 5000 (4.1.2.10846) in that sometimes the fragment timestamps in the manifest doesn't sum up with the calculated timestamp from the duration of the samples in the fragment.

In the manifest I can see these fragments:

...
<c t="324693333"/>
<c t="345173333"/>
...

If I get the fragment with the 324693333 ts from the IIS server and look at its trun-box it contains 6 samples, adding the duration of all samples gives a total duration of 20479999. To get the next timestamp to request I add the duration to the requested ts and get 345173332, this timestamp is now 1 off the next fragment in the manifest and the IIS server of course respond with a 404 and I cannot continue to stream. Am I missing something in the calculation or what gives this discrepancy?
I never see this issue when using the push encoder with material encoded with Expression Encoder 3.

I have an archive that can be replayed with the push encoder to reproduce the behaviour.

Live Smooth Player rerequesting same data

303 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:28 GMT

I have noticed the smooth player (latest player sdk) some times rerequesting a fragment it already has. Anyone know the reason why it would do this? The status of all requests are 200 OK, and all requests are issued after the other in the same connection towards the server.

snippet from server:
14:02:17,719	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185245350000)
14:02:17,725	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185245350000)
14:02:20,022	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185265370000)
14:02:20,024	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185265370000)
14:02:20,088	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185285390000)
14:02:20,091	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185285390000)
14:02:23,789	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185305410000)
14:02:23,794	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185305410000)
14:02:26,022	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185325430000)
14:02:26,024	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185325430000)
14:02:26,108	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185345450000)
14:02:26,109	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185345450000)
rerequesting here --> 14:02:27,745	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185305410000)
14:02:27,830	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185305410000) 
14:02:27,906	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185325430000)
14:02:27,949	complete /smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185325430000)
14:02:27,989	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185345450000)
14:02:28,031	complete/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185345450000)
14:02:28,072	/smooth2.isml/QualityLevels(688000)/Fragments(video=185365470000)

Live Smooth Streaming - Encoders

einar — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:11:47 GMT

What software encoders are currently available for broadcasting video to IIS using Live Smooth Streaming?

I assume that Windows Media Encoder does not support pushing to IIS, right? And since that is built around the DirectShow SDK, the IWMWriterPushSink does not support it either?

My question is therefore, what APIs/SDKs are available today for me to build Live Smooth Streaming support into my applications?

Live Smooth Streaming: Browser blocks when push encoder is running

bluetooth2020 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:11 GMT

I have downloaded the example Big Bucks Bunny ISM files as well as the pushEncoder binaries and trying to get Live Smooth Streaming going with IIS 7. When I start the publishing point, it goes into Starting and then I run the pushEncoder. It seems to be doing it OK and pushing it to the PP (dont see any error and it is waiting for the threads to finish). But when I connect a client browser to view this, the page just hangs. When I kill the push encoder, immediately the client plays a couple of chunks and reports that it reached end of known chunk with 2 consecutive chunk errors.

It feels like the pushencoder is blocking other HTTP requests to the IIS server. I tried so that pushEncoder pushes to http://localhost while I use a different client connect to it using http://ip_address and it does the same thing. Any ideas?

Thanks

Inject Script Command

elenasp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:48:29 GMT

Hi,

is it possible to injecet Script command into a published video stream in IIS?

We would like to add metadata into the streams from the smooth streaming, an read it with silverlight. We will stream a video to IIS without Windows Expression Encoder, we will probably use the Inlet's encoder. We need to know how to insert Script Commands into the stream generated by the inlet encoder.Iss it possible to do it in IIS? Or is there any other application to do it?

Thanks

Elena

DirectAccess

George Payne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:54:50 GMT

Is DirectAccess availiable in Windows Server 2008 Web Edition SP 2?

In the article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637813(WS.10).aspx

It shows:

To install the DirectAccess Management Console feature

In Server Manager, under Features Summary, click Add features.
On the Select Features page, select DirectAccess Management Console. I don't find this
In the Add Features Wizard window, click Add Required Features.
On the Select Features page, click Next.
On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
On the Installation Results page, click Close.

Logging with SSME

vsood — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:41:04 GMT

Copied from a comment on my blog

"We are working on samples and documentation". Great! Hopefully they will cover the logging capabilities of the smooth streaming media element. I've noticed a couple of things while testing the logging capabilities so far.

I was able to successfully get the control to post client logs by adding the LogUrl element to the .ismc file, but is there a way this can be configured dynamically through code? I see that the control has a LoggingUrl property, but setting it does not seem to work.

The control exposes a LogReady event but seems that this event only fires when playing non-smooth-stream content (i.e. when the Source property is set to a progressive download URL like a .wmv file). When playing smooth stream content, the control does post the client logs but the event doesn't fire.

Can't serve ISM files - 400 errors "Error parsing incoming URL"

steve schofield — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:40 GMT

I have a FRT trace where smooth streaming isn't working when trying to serve an ISM inside a MOSS site. The file is there and I can browse a static file named ss.htm. (this helps prove the app pool can serve up pages) My bing foo and google foo isn't helping.

http://www.example.com/_layouts/NetworkFileStore/UploadFolder/ss.ism/manifest

Error277. -MODULE_ERROR
ModuleName SmoothHandler
Data1 Error parsing incoming URL
Data2

ErrorCode 2156396546
Warning278. -MODULE_SET_RESPONSE_ERROR_STATUS
ModuleName SmoothHandler
Notification 128
HttpStatus 400
HttpReason Bad Request
HttpSubStatus 0
ErrorCode 2156396546
ConfigExceptionInfo
Notification EXECUTE_REQUEST_HANDLER

Video streaming is not smooth

nan_go — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:33:36 GMT

Video is always streaming in low bit rate and playing video is not smooth but videos play from smoothHD.com and IIS7 Big buck bunny are smooth and playing in High bit rate.

I am converting my videos in following bit rates 300,424,600,849,1200 kbps using expression encoder 3 in VC-1/WMA profile.

Please any one guide me on this issue to solve whether I have to change any setting Expression Encoder 3 while converting video or in IIS7

My Server is located in Remote place and configuration is windows 2008 server / Xeon processors(6 core) / 8 GB RAM

Thanks

Nantha

Pseudo streaming and managed modules on IIS

saasheim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:13:19 GMT

Hi,

I'm currently working on setting up pseudo streaming on IIS7 to a flash client (JW-Player). This works right out of the box, but we have some large files and would like to have a solution like Youtube where the user can skip in the video before the whole thing i downloaded.

I have found one module that works fine: http://h264.code-shop.com/trac/wiki/Mod-H264-Streaming-Internet-Information-Services-IIS7-Version2

When using this module the user can skip forward in the video, and the download startes from the point the user selects (the whole file is not downloaded).

In addition to the seek functionallity we would like to check the clients ip and map it to a geographical area, due to rights. The module from code-shop doen't have this functionality.

As I see it, there is two possible solutions:

1) Write a second plugin that checks ip, and when the request comes in it is piped through the ip-module, and then the code-shop module. Is that possible? If so - how?

2) Write a new module with ip check and file seek, and drop the module from code shop. IIS supports byte range, but the JW-player we use sends in the number of seconds the user wants to skip - that means that we have to do a mapping from number of seconds to byte-range for the spesified video quality in the module. Can anyone help...?

What is the best solution, and how do I fix it? Suggestions?

Push to Smooth Streaming Publishing point

Iain Ballard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:15:06 GMT

Hi.

I've been trying to push a stream IIS with the Live Smooth Streaming plugin.

Using the "pushEncoder.exe" it works OK, but using any other method, IIS returns a "200 OK" method after the first fragment's 'mdat'.

It then won't accept any further fragments.

Is there any way of finding out what's going wrong? Event log and IIS logs aren't giving any useful info (no difference between success and failure).

Also, I notice that "pushEncoder.exe" puts a 'uuid' atom at the end of the 'moof' atoms, and this is not present in the source MP4. Is it important & what is it's purpose?

Thanks, Iain B.

Live Smooth Streaming with Expression Encoder 3 and Web Cam

rickj1 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:34:48 GMT

I'm trying to connect a live broadcast with Expression Encoder 3 and a wed cam when I try to connect to Publishing point I get this error Unable to establish connection to server. Ensure Windows Media Services is starter and the HTTP server control protocol is properly enabled is there an article or a walk through out there that will help with setting this up I'm running IIS7 I have media services installed. and has any one see articles on this subject for encoder the help files basically only tell you what properties they have I'm trying to have a web or video cam fire straight up to a web page
like Monday night football encoder seems to have the choice to do this there is a publishing option and a broadcast option I just need to get it to work

IIS Smooth streaming and SQL Server FILESTREAM

brainbox — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:17:53 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to store IIS smooth streaming media files in SQL Server FILESTREAM binary fields.

Thanks,

Alexey Zakharov

Problem with HTTP Streaming in Windows Media Services

George Payne — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:22:30 GMT

I have Windows Server 2008 with both HTTP and RTSP streaming set up and as an option.

These links will play off my server:

http://74.208.171.60/FGM-Streams/Johnson/090723-Bill_Johnson-Pour_Out_Your_Spirit-Thurs_PM.wmv HTTP

mms://74.208.144.19/FGM-Streams/Johnson/090723-Bill_Johnson-Pour_Out_Your_Spirit-Thurs_PM.wmv RTSP

Both Start but the HTTP will stop at say 40 seconds and the RTSP will play for over two hours. It's the same file. Same server. Same directory.

Any idea how I can over come the failure?

Thank you for helping me.

George Payne

Unattended install for 3.0 / Smooth streaming only

steve schofield — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:03:04 GMT

Is there documentation to perform an unattended install of the Smooth streaming module only? I don't need Live Smooth Streaming, Bit Rate Throttling and Media Playlists modules. I have to install this module on dozens of machines and would like to automate installation / configuration.

Any direction is greatly appreciated

bit rate throttling & browser cache problem

re076 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:46:38 GMT

I installed IIS Media Services 3.0 on server (Win 2008 R2) and enable bit rate throttling. If I open direct link to WMV file http://test.b1905.cz/video/2009/TV_TRENER_2009_09_13_BOH_CB_768.wmv close Media player after couple of seconds (before media file is fully downloaded) and then open link again I receive browser error. If I open URL in Windows Media Player, break playback and open again, it works.

Bu what is more interesting. If bit rate throttling is not enabled on IIS it works. Try this, same scenario: http://www.bohemians1905.cz/video/2009/TV_OHLASY_2009_10_28_LIB_BOH_1536.wmv

It seems like problem with write to part of downloaded file in browser cache. Any solution please ? Thank you.

-re-

Module question

steve schofield — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:16:03 GMT

I'm looking to deploy just the smooth streaming module. On a test server, there are two modules listed

One is called ResfulUrlMapModule, the second is called SmoothHandler. Are both modules needed for supporting just SmoothStreaming?

2.0 to 3.0 differences in smooth streaming

steve schofield — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:10:23 GMT

I'm looking for information / readme on the differences between smooth streaming in 2.0 to 3.0. We are looking to use smooth streaming module in a environment.

Skipping forward (seeking)

dbukhan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:44:24 GMT

I remember reading that IIS7 supports seeking in the file that is being played before it downloads the whole file. As I remember the client sends GET requests for byte ranges corresponding to a seek position and the server serves the requested range.

I was testing it today with a Windows Media Player 11 and skipping forward was not working until the whole file was in the local cache. IIS Media Pack is installed.

Does it work with a Silverlight player only and not with a Win Media Player? Or am I missing something on the server side?

Thanks,

David

Manual publish smooth streaming video

brainbox — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:16:06 GMT

Is it possible to manually publish smooth streaming video to IIS? I want to manually copy output files of Enconder and publish them.

When I opened Smooth Streaming Presentations section i failed to find any add buttons or something like that.

Also I want smooth stream files to be published just by uploading them via FTP? Is it possible without any IIS manipulations?

Changing from different bitrates took nearly 7 seconds in Smooth Streaming format

Joeri P — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:12:28 GMT

Could somebody explain me why it took 7 seconds why my IIS (or smooth streaming addon) change from the smallest bitrate to the highest bitrate in 7 seconds ? Why took it so long ? Is there some explaination ?

I encoded the movies with the Expression Encoder 2 SDK, but I don't think that's the problem.

Anybody an explaination ?

Regards

IIS 7 Web Server 2008

ragrone — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:03:35 GMT

I have a dedicated hosted 2008 Web Server that I would like to begin using media services.

I looked at the comparison chart for Media Server and IIS 7

Is it possible to simply add a media server or integrate media server with web server 2008

I would like to begin doing podcasts, and live streaming video

MP3 file run client machine from dedicated server 2008

rvsuresh — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:37 GMT

How can set MP3 files in IIS 7.

Now we unable to run MP3 files through my application. It is dedicated server 2008.

already set File path full permission.