Task Preset for Windows Azure Media Encryptor

The following configuration xml encrypts on-demand Smooth Streams for use by Microsoft PlayReady and updates the client manifest used by Silverlight clients. Copy the following configuration xml and use it to create a file named MediaEncryptor_PlayReadyProtection.xml on your local computer. Then update the configuration file with the required settings. The configuration file must conform to the syntax rules of a well formed xml file.

Note
If you do not currently have a PlayReady server to use, you can get settings for testing from the Microsoft PlayReady Test Server site. On the PlayReady test site, there is also a Silverlight client player that you can use to play back media content that you encrypt with PlayReady protection.

To make the sample configuration file work with a task, provide the following values:

• A licenseAcquisitionUrl value. Use the license URL of your PlayReady server.
  
  
• A keyId value and a contentKey value. The keyId value can be a randomly generated guid (you can generate a guid for a keyId in code, or by using tools in Visual Studio or Microsoft Expression 4.0). A PlayReady server license provides you with an SDK and a code sample showing how to use a keyId and a fixed key seed value to generate a contentKey value. After you have the keyId and an associated contentKey, add both to the configuration file.
  
  

  Caution

  As an alternative to using a keyId and a contentKey, you can add a keySeedValue directly in the configuration file. A keySeedValue is provided with a PlayReady server license, or for testing you can obtain a default value on the PlayReady test site. However, using a keySeedValue in a task configuration file is not recommended for production applications. Because the key seed is used to generate content keys for your PlayReady protected content, there is a security risk involved with storing it in configuration. For production PlayReady applications, the recommended practice is to use a keyId with a generated contentKey.

<taskDefinition xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/iis/media/v4/TM/TaskDefinition#">
  <name>PlayReady Protection</name>
  <id>9A3BFEAC-F8AE-41CA-87FA-D639E4D1C753</id>
  <description xml:lang="en" />
  <properties namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/iis/media/v4/SharedData#" prefix="sd">
    <property name="contentKey" value="" />
    <property name="customAttributes" value="" />
    <property name="dataFormats" value="h264, avc1, mp4a, vc1, wma, owma, ovc1, aacl, aach, ac-3, ec-3, mlpa, dtsc, dtsh, dtsl, dtse" />
    <property name="keyId" value="" />
    <property name="keySeedValue" value="XVBovsmzhP9gRIZxWfFta3VVRPzVEWmJsazEJ46I" />
    <property name="licenseAcquisitionUrl" value="https://play-lic.cimcontent.net/playready/RightsManager.asmx" />
    <property name="useSencBox" value="true" />
    <property name="serviceId" value="" />
  </properties>
  <inputFolder/>
  <outputFolder>Protected</outputFolder>
  <taskCode>
    <type>Microsoft.Web.Media.TransformManager.DigitalRightsManagementTask, Microsoft.Web.Media.TransformManager.DigitalRightsManagement, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35</type>
  </taskCode>
</taskDefinition>

The following table explains the properties of the Windows Azure Media Encryptor xml:

Concepts