Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

chriskno — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:06:42 GMT

Hi, Matthew,

If you are using Windows Server 2008, then these URLs might help...

* Explanation & workaround you can use to confirm the issue: blogs.msdn.com/.../wmp-unable-to-connect-to-wms-9-5-wms-returning-503-service-unavailable.aspx

* Fix: support.microsoft.com/.../960372

Please let me know if this helps.

-Chris

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:43:09 GMT

Team

I just want to stream a live event audio only, I have a web page with a comercial ISP, I need to stream from a pc to the web page, them the users connecto to the web page to hear the audio

I need advice

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:24:58 GMT

Hi Chris,

I am actually developing one silverlight application where we are planning to stream 300+ video files from windows media server 9 in a lan or wlan to 500 client devices

we want to show best quality video.What file format should i use and at what bit rate,key frame etc??. also what is recommonded hardware configuration of WMS server for faster speed

Windows Media Server or Web Server?

Dave Nelson's Blog — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:13:07 GMT

As promised in Chris Knowlton's Blog , we have an updated document that compares digital media content

Windows Server 2008 für Audio und Video Medien

Schweizer IT Professional und TechNet Blog — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:04:00 GMT

Wenn Sie eine beliebige Version von Windows Server 2008 haben (ausser den Itanium-basierten Systemen),

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

chriskno — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:21:55 GMT

Joe, you should see snappy response times in newer builds of Silverlight. Some customers are reporting up to 50% faster response compared to Windows Media Player. If not, please send me e-mail using the Contact link above so we can dig into the details.

-Chris

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Charles Ralston — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:59:53 GMT

Chris, I am running Windows Small Business Server 2003 and had a question about Windows Media Services. I can connect to my WMS using RSTP locally, but when I try to access it from my external IP address it fails. This worked up until I ran the Internet and E-mail configuration tool under Server Management. Do you have any suggestions? I know that port 554 is open on my router, so I am sure it's not anything to do with that.

Thanks,

Charles

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Bit Rate Throttling, the first feature in the upcoming IIS7 Media Pack, is now available for download

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

chriskno — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:32:04 GMT

Hi, Colin,

Thanks for your great question. By "Ability to deliver a broad range of formats," I mean a few things. First, I'm broadly referring to the fact that an HTTP progressive download from IIS can include any media file format, including Flash .flv files.

Second, thinking more specifically about the new IIS Media Pack, the Bit Rate Throttling feature provides advanced support of audio/video media formats. This includes automatic detection of the encoded bit rate in a file, and intelligent progressive download throttling based on that. Built-in support is included for digital media with the following file name extensions: .asf, .avi, .flv, .m4v, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .rm, .rmvb, .wma, .wmv. The advantage of this feature is that it allows you to get most of the bandwidth cost savings and scalability increases traditionally associated with a streaming media server, such as Windows Media Services 2008.

Third, going beyond media files, the Bit Rate Throttling feature allows any file type, media or non-media, to be throttled at a constant rate. An administrator can easily specify a new file type and throttling settings through the user interface.

With regards to pricing, you can now get both the IIS Media Pack and Windows Media Services 2008 as free downloads. Both will install on all versions of Windows Server 2008, including the affordably-priced Windows Web Server 2008, which has a retail price of $469.

-Chris

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Joe Reynolds — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:34:07 GMT

We deliver wmv files from Windows Media Server on Windows 2003 Enterprise server configured to support http on port 80.

This has woked fine. Response is snappy and dragging the timeline on a long video (some up to five hours) is almost instant in Windows Media Player..

Recently we moved to Silverlight for presentation. Soem nice features and we want to stay with Silverlight. However, video viewed in Silverlight takes long to buffer when sliding the video timeline control.

Why is this, and is there anyway to make silverlight as snappy as media player when delivering from the WMS?

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Joe Reynolds — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:33:37 GMT

We deliver wmv files from Windows Media Server on Windows 2003 Enterprise server configured to support http on port 80.

This has woked fine. Response is snappy and dragging the timeline on a long video (some up to five hours) is almost instant in Windows Media Player..

Why is this, and is there anyway to make silverlight as snappy as media player when delivering from the WMS?

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Colin Bowern — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:49:04 GMT

Hey Chris,

When you say "Ability to deliver a broad range of media formats", can you elaborate on that? Adobe just dropped the price of their Flash Media Server to $995/server for the "professional" version. Will the Media Pack have any benefit in the delivering of Flash?

Thanks,

Colin

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Chris Knowlton wrote this blog post earlier this year comparing web servers to streaming media servers

re: Comparing Web servers to streaming media servers

Chris Knowlton — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:43:02 GMT

I'm glad you were able to find a solution! :-)

-Chris