Hi everybody out there I am looking for a way to prevent that our streaming video content is accessed from other players/clients than ours (wmp/silverlight). We are also starting up with smooth streaming. So that must also be protected againt hotlink/deep linking. At this point we are using an application...

Hi, MrUrb, Were you able to resolve this? If not, have you tried using Failed Request Tracing to isolate the source of the error? The easiest way to do this is as follows, assuming you have not yet installed the Tracing option: Go to www.microsoft.com/web Install Web Platform Installer (WebPI) Install...

Hi Vishal. I am the administrator of an Internet only Station. The streaming is based on Windows Media Services and SSPL that are combining recorded videos and Live broadcasts. A common scenario using the WMS. But... we want to get rid of the Embedded Media Player and replace it with Silverlight and...

Hi Stavros. Wall-clock is not currently supported in Web Playlists and there is no plan for the same yet. Could you please share the scenario you plan to use it with and then we can take your feedback right into are feature prioritization.

Hi, I've tried today the web playlists functionality of IIS Media Services 3.0 Beta. Unfortunately I didn't found anything that can be used instead of the simulated live functionality of server side playlists of Windows Media Services, like wallclock. Am I missing something? Is it something that...

Hi, Galgamesh, Yes, Web Playlists automatically obfuscate the URLs in each playlist. By default, each user gets personalized URLs to the original media, and Web Playlists enforces that only the original requester can play those URLs. For example, an entry in a typical Windows Media playlist (ASX file...

Hi, Web Playlists SDK documenation is now live, so all you developers get cracking. Do let me know what providers you write, there are a lot of interesting things that can be done with it :). See http://www.iismediapack.com/rolebasedprovider for a sample test app written by our team. This is an integration...

Hi Ras How are you trying to stream flv/mpg? What player are you using? What error do you get? Is this with playlist? Regards, Vishal

Hi Mathi There is a lot of documentation on Web Playlists and WMS SSPL. However, there is hardly anything differentiating the two. I will try to produce a blog post shortly. Meanwhile, Web Playlists would work well for you scenario (assuming you don't conventional streaming). Here is a set of links...

Hi Vishal, 1. No, the advertisements cannot be skipped. 2. The advertisements are local. We also want to log the statistics & authenticate the users. How can one decide which platform to choose for their requirement. Anything published regarding this? Mathi