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A Windows Media Station was created. Microsoft® Windows® Media Players 'listen' for ASF streams on Windows Media Stations.
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A Windows Media Program was created. Programs contain Windows Media Streams. Programs can be started and stopped as well as repeated.
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A Windows Media Stream was created. The source URL for this object is 'mms://[actual_server]/welcome2.asf.' The multicast service, in this case, is retreiving 'welcome2.asf' from a Unicast service. 'welcome2.asf' must be copied to the directory path for the Home publishing point on this machine.
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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.
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An ASX file for the Program was 'Announced.' This file is used by the client to retreive the Windows Media Station file (.NSC).
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The Microsoft® Windows® Media Player was started using an URL to the ASX file created in step 5
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