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Questions about Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media Service
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Sam
2009-07-08 00:37:01 UTC
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From the internet, I found that both Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media
Services can support being a straming server. I would like to ask what is the
difference between them?

As I know that, we can download the Windows Media Encoder without paying any
money. However, we need to buy a Server version OS in order to get the
Windows Media Services.

Can someone please tell me the difference between them as I am going to
deploy a streaming server.

Thanks a lot.

Yours,
Sam
Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]
2009-07-14 16:23:30 UTC
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Post by Sam
From the internet, I found that both Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media
Services can support being a straming server. I would like to ask what is the
difference between them?
No - windows media services is the streaming component of windosw
server. It is only responsible for sending pre-encoded audio and/or
video streams to players (usually up to 1500+ at a time).

It can send both files and live streams created by the encoder.

Windows media encoder is a program to create files and live streams to
send to the server. It has a limited capacity to accept client
connections, which are intended to be media servers (5 by default, up
to 50 by a registry change) but it's not got any real streaming
features built in.

A side effect of the client connection using http is that WMP can
connect to it, often for testing the stream. It's not reliable for
large numbers of conections (over 5-20) which is where you'd use
edge/distribution servers which are designed to be reliable for this
task.
Post by Sam
As I know that, we can download the Windows Media Encoder without paying any
money. However, we need to buy a Server version OS in order to get the
Windows Media Services.
Can someone please tell me the difference between them as I am going to
deploy a streaming server.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
Sam
2009-08-04 06:06:01 UTC
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I know it is a little bit late.
But thanks a lot with heart. You have helped me a lot.
Post by Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]
Post by Sam
From the internet, I found that both Windows Media Encoder and Windows Media
Services can support being a straming server. I would like to ask what is the
difference between them?
No - windows media services is the streaming component of windosw
server. It is only responsible for sending pre-encoded audio and/or
video streams to players (usually up to 1500+ at a time).
It can send both files and live streams created by the encoder.
Windows media encoder is a program to create files and live streams to
send to the server. It has a limited capacity to accept client
connections, which are intended to be media servers (5 by default, up
to 50 by a registry change) but it's not got any real streaming
features built in.
A side effect of the client connection using http is that WMP can
connect to it, often for testing the stream. It's not reliable for
large numbers of conections (over 5-20) which is where you'd use
edge/distribution servers which are designed to be reliable for this
task.
Post by Sam
As I know that, we can download the Windows Media Encoder without paying any
money. However, we need to buy a Server version OS in order to get the
Windows Media Services.
Can someone please tell me the difference between them as I am going to
deploy a streaming server.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
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