IWMSAdminMulticastSink.MulticastTtl (C#)

IWMSAdminMulticastSink.MulticastTtl (C#)

The MulticastTtl property specifies and retrieves the maximum number of intermediate router hops permitted for the multicast transmission.

Syntax

  IWMSAdminMulticastSink
  .MulticastTtl = int;
int = IWMSAdminMulticastSink.MulticastTtl;

Property Value

int containing the time-to-live (TTL) value. This value cannot be less than zero or greater than 255.

If this property fails, it throws an exception.

Example Code

using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// Declare variables.
WMSServer Server;
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint BCPubPoint;
IWMSPlugin Plugin;
IWMSAdminMulticastSink AdminMulticastSink;

try {
    // Create a new WMSServer object.
    Server = new WMSServerClass();

    // Add a new broadcast publishing point.
    BCPubPoint = (IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint)
                 Server.PublishingPoints.Add("NewPubPoint",
                                           WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_CATEGORY.
                                           WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_BROADCAST,
                                           "Push:*");

    // Retrieve the plug-in to be configured.
    Plugin = BCPubPoint.BroadcastDataSinks[
                             "WMS Multicast Data Writer"];

    // Retrieve the custom interface of the plug-in.
    AdminMulticastSink =
        (IWMSAdminMulticastSink)Plugin.CustomInterface;

    // Set the maximum number of intermediate
    // router hops permitted for the multicast broadcast.
    AdminMulticastSink.MulticastTTL = 20;
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise; Windows Server 2008 Datacenter.

See Also

• IWMSAdminMulticastSink Object (C#)