To add a publishing point using the advanced method

1. In the console tree, expand the server to which you want to add the publishing point, and then click Publishing Points.
2. On the Action menu, click Add Publishing Point (Advanced).
3. Select the type of publishing point you want to add: on-demand or broadcast.
4. In Publishing point name, type a unique name for the publishing point.
5. In Location of content, enter the path to the content of the publishing point, and then click OK. The following are examples of paths you can enter:
   • For a playlist: C:\Directory\Playlist.wsx
   • For a file: C:\Directory\File_name.wmv
   • For a directory: C:\Directory\*
   • For an encoder: http://encoder:port
   • For a multicast stream: MCast://C:\Wmpub\Wmroot\File.nsc or MCast://\\MachineName\Inetpub\Wwwroot\File.nsc
   • For a publishing point on a remote computer: http://server/publishingpoint

   If you want to select a playlist, file, or directory as the content source, you can click Browse to browse to the file location.

6. Click OK to add the publishing point to your server.

For Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web

1. In the console tree, click Publishing Points, and then in the details pane, click the Add button.
2. Select the type of publishing point you want to add: on-demand or broadcast.
3. Type a unique name for the publishing point.
4. In Content type and location, enter the path to the content of the publishing point. The following are examples of paths you can enter:
   • For a playlist: C:\Directory\Playlist.wsx
   • For a file: C:\Directory\File_name.wmv
   • For a directory: C:\Directory\*
   • For an encoder: http://encoder:port
   • For a publishing point on a remote computer: http://server/publishingpoint
5. Click OK to add the publishing point to your server.

Notes

• After you add the publishing point, you can set limits, control access to content, and set up logging for it.
• If you chose to publish content from a directory, you can stream the content of the entire directory in sequence to users by enabling the Enable access to directory content using wildcards property on the Properties tab of the publishing point.
• If you add a broadcast publishing point, and you want to deliver content as a multicast stream, you must also configure and enable a multicast data writer plug-in.
• When you are using a multicast stream as a content source, the location of the content is the address of the multicast information file (the file with the .nsc file name extension). Windows Media Services can access an .nsc file that is stored on a local or network shared drive. Windows Media Services cannot use a URL address to access an .nsc file.
• Multicast streaming and the WMS Multicast Data Writer plug-in are available only if Windows Media Services 9 Series is running on the following editions of the operating system: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. If you are running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, these features are not supported.
• When naming a publishing point, you should avoid using names that are identical to those of directories or subdirectories on the Windows Media server. A publishing point with the same name as a directory may interfere with another publishing point that sources from that directory.

Related topics

• Adding publishing points
• Control access to content
• Delivering content as a multicast stream
• Log data about clients
• Monitor and set limits
• Reference for content sources
• Set up content to stream
• Setting up a publishing point
• To access the Add Publishing Point Wizard