How to configure Windows Media Service for live video

How to configure Windows Media Service for live video

Some colleagues asked me how to configure the Windows Media Server for live video. I didn't do it before, so I decided to try to configure and install the hosted server first and then start to go home for configuration.

My machine is at home and ADSL is connected to the public network, but I decided to adopt the push method, because, in many cases, there will be live broadcast after the company firewall.

1. Create a live broadcast publishing point on the server, such as live. The broadcast receiver will receive the live broadcast through MMS: // server/live. Note that the source, that is, the source of video data, should be pushed: * this means that the whole live video is pushed by the encoder. For more information, see bandwidth selection and screen size.
2. encode the video or audio on the encoder. The key point is to output an item and select push to the server, that is, the push is initiated by the encoder. We enter the server address and the distribution point, this tells the encoder to send locally encoded data to that server. In this case, if permission is involved, in the pop-up authentication box, answer the valid account (I am using the Administrator identity, other users identity is valid and not tested.
3. At this time, the encoder starts to collect video and audio and send it to the server. The server publishes the video and audio at the publishing point. Enter the publishing point address in the player to view the live content. The test is complete.

Notes:
1. the encoder and server versions must be the same. They may be different, but they have not been tested. Therefore, if you do not want to bother (it is estimated that many encoding mismatch will affect synchronization ), the same version is used.
2. Firewall problems. In the case of push, there will be no firewall problem. In other ways, you need to consider that the firewall will shield some ports. In case of network problems, you need to think about the convenience.
3. bandwidth and Encoder processing capability Problems
4. Multiple sources can be combined and output. For more information, see help.
5. The server can also be pulled. In this case, you need to consider the encoder's security settings and firewall settings. By default, up to five clients can be pulled (the server is the client at this time ).