To broadcast content pushed from an encoder

1. Start the encoder, and then configure it to broadcast the encoded stream to your Windows Media server. During the encoder session configuration wizard, the following information is required:
   • The name of the Windows Media server. This can be an alias, a fully qualified domain name, or an IP address.
   • The name of the publishing point. This is the name of the publishing point on your server through which the encoded stream will be broadcast. This publishing point can already exist on the Windows Media server or it can be created by the encoder during the configuration process
   • Whether to remove the publishing point when the broadcast has ended. This prevents older publishing points that are no longer needed from accumulating on your Windows Media server.
2. On the Windows Media server, in the console tree, click the server that you want to use for this stream.
3. In the details pane, click the Properties tab.
4. In Category, click Control protocol.
5. Enable the WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol plug-in. The encoder must use the HTTP protocol to send the encoded stream to the server.

Notes

• To push content from an encoder to Windows Media Services, you must use Windows Media Encoder or an encoder based on the Windows Media Encoder SDK.
• A publishing point that is streaming content pushed from an encoder can be managed from the Windows Media Services snap-in or Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web. The same properties and plug-ins can be configured from either interface, including authentication and authorization properties, limits, and announcements.
• When the WMS Publishing Points ACL Authorization plug-in is enabled, you must grant certain permissions at the server level and publishing point level for the encoder administrator to be able to create a new publishing point on your server. You must configure the plug-in to grant the user or group both write and create permissions. For more information about the WMS Publishing Points ACL Authorization plug-in and server and publishing point permissions, see WMS Publishing Points ACL Authorization - general properties.
• For information about setting up the encoder, see Windows Media Encoder Help.

Related topics

• Setting up a broadcast
• Testing a stream
• To access the Add Publishing Point Wizard
• To add a publishing point using the advanced method
• Understanding publishing points