To limit the number of unicast clients connected to a Windows Media server,
set the Maximum connected clients property. To limit the total bandwidth
that a Windows Media server can stream, set the Maximum aggregate bandwidth property.
To limit the bandwidth that any single Microsoft® Windows® Media Player can stream from a
Windows Media server, set the Maximum file bitrate property.
A Windows Media Unicast service
can authenticate a Microsoft® Windows®
Media Player using a pre-installed or custom
authentication mechanism. With authentication
enabled, a Windows Media Unicast service will
authenticate the user ID and password for a
Windows Media Player before
releasing a stream. Windows Media server components
setup installs three authentication mechanisms.
Use HTTP-BASIC
authentication and NTLM when needing
cross-platform, internet and/or intranet
authentication. Use NTLM authentication and NTLM
account database for intranet-only
authentication. Use HTTP-BASIC authentication
and Membership services to
authenticate users (Note: Microsoft
Personalization and Membership services must be
installed on the server running Windows Media
services).
A Windows Media server can check
the access privileges of a Windows Media Player against the access
rights for any Advanced Stream Format (ASF) file or stream. To enable
this security checking, first select an active authentication
package.
Windows Media supports the ability to distribute streams from this server to another Windows Media server.
For instance, a Windows Media Unicast service can distribute streams to multiple downstream Windows Media
Unicast services or even servers running the Windows Media Station service. The same applies for servers
running the Windows Media Station service. In the event that a connection from this Windows Media server
to another is challenged by a proxy server, a Windows Media server can supply a User ID, password, and proxy.
If your environment requires this, enable these settings below.
Enabling HTTP streaming provides
these benefits: -
Allows a Microsoft® Windows® Media Player to
receive streams through firewalls using the HTTP
protocol. - Allows
HTTP distribution between two servers or the
Windows Media Encoder.
Setup will set a default port
value of 80. For help on changing the port value or to
enable and disable HTTP streaming for the Windows Media
Unicast or Station service, .
WARNING: You will need to reboot the Windows Media
server in order to activate any changes. If another
application or service, such as a web server, has bound
exclusively to port 80, Windows Media Services will
fail to start as two applications cannot be bound to the
same port. To run Windows Media Services in this instance,
you must shut down the application or service that is
bound to port 80.
