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External Server

WM Configuration

Click here to play the external URL

Click to trigger Windows Media Player to initiate streaming via the external URL. Right-click and select Save Target As to save the .asx and send to others for viewing.

The HTTP and RTSPU SAPs described above automatically advertise a URL that contains the VBrick's configured IP address. There are some situations when those URLs won't work for players—for example when your VBrick is behind a firewall with Network Address Translations (NAT) or when you are reflecting your VBrick's stream through a server. In those cases you may wish to send SAPs to advertise a custom URL for your stream that uses the NATed address of your VBrick or the address of the reflecting server. The Announce

configuration gives you the flexibility to advertise any URL for your stream.

Announce External Server -- Slot1

Transmit	Enables/disables the transmission of SAPs to advertise the external
	URL for this encoder.
Stream	The external announcement includes the video and audio bit rates
Advertisement	selected in the reflected stream; use this setting to indicate what type of
	reflection is being used. For example, select Push Microsoft Reflector
	to advertise a publishing point that is receiving a push from this WM
	appliance.
	•	Multicast Microsoft Reflector.
	•	Push Microsoft Reflector.
	• Pull Group1 Microsoft Reflector (default).
	• Pull Group2 Microsoft Reflector.
	• Pull Group3 Microsoft Reflector.
	• Pull All Groups Microsoft Reflector.
Retransmit Time	If Transmit is enabled, this setting tells the VBrick how often (in
(sec)	seconds) to send a SAP.
Time to Live	The number of hops (between routers) for which an IP packet is valid
	on the network.
Type Of Service	The TOS (Type of Service) can be configured in the IP header to
	establish SAP packet priority in the network.
IP Address or Host	The IP address or DNS host name to which the SAP information is
Name	sent.
Port	The port SAP information is sent out onto the network.
RTSP URL	Sets the URL that is advertised in the SAP. It can be RTSP, HTTP, or
	any other URL.
Click here to play	Click to play or right-click to save the external URL .asx file. The play
the external URL	option may not work on older versions of Internet Explorer and/or
	older versions of Windows operating systems. If necessary, right-click
	and save.

ASX Rollover

In addition to the dedicated multicast-to-unicast rollover mechanism available via the Unicast Rollover URL in the NSC file (see Configuration: Encoder > Multicast), Windows

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