Specifications

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Chapter 4 Configuring Devices
Configuring the Service Engine
Step 5 Click Submit to save the settings.
Table 4-16 Multicast Station Fields
Field Description
Station Name Name for the multicast station.
Address Class D IP address to be used as the multicast station IP address.
Port The port number to be used by this station.
Media The source URL of the Windows Media streaming media. The source file, for
example source.asf, can be stored on any Windows Media server or SE.
For multicast-in multicast-out, the source file is an .nsc file.
For unicast-in unicast-out, the source file can be any Windows Media file type.
Repeat Forever If checked, the media file plays continuously without interruption. Otherwise,
the multicast stream stops when the end of the source .nsc file is reached.
Unicast URL The URL to allow unicast live splitting for clients who cannot be reached by
multicast. The unicast published URL can be used for unicast live splitting to
clients that cannot receive multicast. The Windows Media Player falls back to
unicast in the event of a multicast failure. The unicast published URL is made
available inside the multicast description metafile (.nsc) to viewers for
automatic fallback to unicast live streaming.
NSC Reference
URL
If you want to use a server-side playlist as the media source for a multicast
program, enter the URL for the .nsc file in this field. Make sure the .nsc file is
saved in a location where it can be accessed using HTTP. Use the following
format for the NSC reference URL: http://hostname/path/filename.nsc
Schedule Start Now When checked, any active multicast stations are automatically restarted after a
device reloads (reboots).
Retry Count Number of times the multicast station retries a multicast stream from the
configured source.
Retry Interval Period of time between retries.
Alternate Source Source to use if the primary source of the multicast fails. You can configure up
to eight alternate sources for the multicast source. Enter URLs of alternates.
Enable Windows
Media Multicast
Logging
When enabled, the SE collects statistics on multicast streams using the .nsc file.
Receives feedback on certain statistical data, such as the number of times that
buffering occurred while the stream was played, the number of packets lost
during transmission, the browser type used when the Windows Media Player is
embedded in a browser, and the protocol used to access the stream.
Enable Local
Multicast
Logging
When the stream stops playing, the Windows Media Player automatically
collects and sends the statistics to the multicast logging URL using the HTTP
POST request method. You can choose to specify the URL to which Windows
media transaction log files must be sent.
Multicast
Logging URL
Either enable local multicast logging to store the log files locally, or enter a URL
where to store the files.