1. A Windows Media Station was created. Microsoft® Windows® Media Players 'listen' for ASF streams on Windows Media Stations.
2. A Windows Media Program was created. Programs contain Windows Media Streams. Programs can be started and stopped as well as repeated.
3. Three Windows Media Streams were created. The source URLs for these objects are 'mms://[actual_server]/welcome1.asf', 'welcome2.asf', and 'welcome3.asf.' The multicast service, in this case, is retreiving these files from a Windows Media Unicast service. These files must be copied to the directory path for the Home publishing point on this machine.
4. A Windows Media Station file (.NSC) was created. This file contains important 'tuning' information that the Microsoft® Windows® Media Player needs in order to listen for the multicast.
5. An ASX file for the Program was 'Announced.' This file is used by the client to retreive the Windows Media Station file (.NSC).
6. The Microsoft® Windows® Media Player was started using an URL to the ASX file created in step 5