- From the Windows Media server, open Windows Media Administrator. In the menu frame, click Multicast Stations.
The Multicast Stations page opens.
- Under Stations, make sure the Use wizard to create new station check box is selected, click Stations, and then click New.
The Configure and Publish Multicast Broadcast Streams QuickStart wizard appears. Click Next to continue.
- On the Select a Station screen, select the Create a new station check box, and click Next.
- On the Create a new station screen, type a name for the station, and then a description. Select a Distribution Mode, and then click Next.
- On the Specify a program and stream name screen, in Program Name type a name for the program, and in Stream Name type a name for the stream. You also can activate two program options:
- Selecting Start program once wizard is finished starts the program as soon as the program and stream are created, making it immediately available for viewing.
- Selecting Replay stream objects once finished (loop) causes the program to start over once it has finished playing. The program will play over and over until it is stopped.
- On the Specify a source for the stream object screen, select a source for the stream.
- Windows Media Encoder is the source for the live PowerPoint presentation.
- To continue, click Next.
- On the Specify a source URL for the stream object screen, in the Source URL dialog box, type the URL to the Windows Media Encoder stream, for example, msbd://encoder:XXXX, where XXX is the port that Windows Media Encoder uses to deliver the stream. Then click Next.
- On the Specify stream format information screen, identify whether the Windows Media Encoder is encoding using a standard configuration that utilizes template stream formats or whether you created a custom configuration. If you created a custom configuration, that configuration must have been saved as an .asd file.
If you used a custom configuration, type the universal naming convention (UNC) path to the location of the .asd file, for example, \\Server\ASDshare\File.asd. Then click Next.
- On the Export path for the station information screen, for the Path, type the UNC path to where the stationÆs .nsc file will be stored, and then click Next.
Because the .nsc file must be accessible by Windows Media Player, the directory in which you save the .nsc file must be shared, or the file must be stored on an HTTP server.
- On the Station information file URL screen, specify the type of path (an HTTP path or a network shared directory), and then type the path. Click Next.
The path you type must allow Windows Media Player to access the .nsc file that you specified in step 7.
- On the Select publishing method screen, select as many publishing methods as you want, and click Next.
- When you enable a publishing method, the wizard creates that .htm file or copies that HTML code to the Windows clipboard (so that you can paste the code into an HTML page). Each of these methods is a way of testing that your multicast station works. The ASX option is the default selection. You want to use this option with Windows Media Presenter, because you have an existing Web page in which to embed the .asx file.
- On the Ready to publish screen, review the list of options you have selected. To edit any of these, click Back once or more to return to the appropriate station information. Otherwise, click Finish.
- Save the .asx file that is created to an accessible directory, and then click Next.
- Depending on the publishing options you selected, you may be finished. If you selected Create an .htm file with an <HREF> tag that links to an ASX file or Create an .htm file containing <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags for Windows Media Player, or both, then you must save the .htm files to a directory. The .htm files are named station_href_tag.htm and station_object_tag.htm, where station is the name of your station.
- On the Publishing complete panel, you can test your station. To test the station, click the Test .asx button. Windows Media Player will open and begin playing the stream.
