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Testing your content

It is always a good idea to test your content before providing it to users. You can test your content on both a player and end-to-end.

To run a test, configure a session, and then encode some content. While the content is encoding, use the URL specified on the Connections tab of the encoder’s Monitor panel to connect the player to the encoder and view the stream.

For an end-to-end test, set up your Windows Media server to connect to the encoder using the URL specified on the Connections tab of the encoder’s Monitor panel.

As you view the stream, verify the following:

If you are unable to connect to the encoder, verify that:

For more information about streaming from a Windows Media server, see Windows Media Services Help.

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