When setting up a cache/proxy media server for broadcast or on-demand, do you need to create publishing points? I understand you would do so on the origin server, and that on the origin server you would configure the cache/proxy plugin for each publishing point. But when configuring a cache/proxy media...

Today, we announced IIS Smooth Streaming, a new media extension for IIS 7.0 that enables adaptive streaming of media to Silverlight clients via HTTP. Smooth Streaming dynamically detects and seamlessly switches the video quality of a media file being delivered to a Silverlight player, based on current...

Hi, Jhorra, A .wsx playlist is a Windows Media Services (WMS) server-side playlist - are you trying to stream this playlist from IIS using WMS? If you can provide more details about what you are trying to accomplish, that would really help. -Chris

Herb, Did the page that Jeff pointed to help you find an answer? Here is a direct link to an article on WMS firewall settings, in case that is useful. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/serve/firewall.aspx -Chris

Hi prakashd, Your suggestion is what we use today. Use distribution scenario at edge server. But it need to setup when lots of live publishing point will be created and removed. If cache/proxy plug-in can work with server-side playlist, the cache/proxy farm at the edge will support all publishing points...

They use 64bit Windows Server 2008 but the server only has 2G ram installed. In server 2008, the network thgouthput is almost 950mbps. So they need to add more NIC and RAM to support more concurrent users.

Thanks, for liking the post as well as helping answer my question. I get your scenario now, we could extend httpd logic to give complete entries or even complete playlists. Do you know how you would use that feature? Do you have a scenario in mind? Also, I am really happy to see you using Web Playlists...

[quote user="winston1000"] Can or will httpd url processing be used with properties other than location? [/quote] Currently, no. The idea is to let admin enforce controls like CanSeek, etc. Do you see a use for that? [quote user="winston1000"] When a playlist request is made by the...

Great, you are just one step away. Go to Playlist UI main page Click on Edit Feature Settings Check the "allow absolute URLs" check box This should fix the 404 error. This is a security feature for shared hosters.

Hi Jason Could you please elaborate on the optional executable? What exactly are you referring to here. In the current release CTP1 of web playlists, the only way to create a dynamic playlist is by writing an isx file and serving. however, we are releasing CTP2 very soon that will allow you to write...