IWMSAdminArchiveSink.StartRecord (Visual Basic .NET)

The StartRecord method starts the archiving process.

IWMSAdminArchiveSink.StartRecord

Arguments

This method takes no parameters.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

If this method fails, it throws an exception.

Remarks

If the publishing point is stopped, the StartRecord method does not start it. You must therefore call IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint.Start before calling StartRecord. Alternately, you can call IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint.StartArchive to start both the publishing point and the archiving process.

The server does not raise a WMS_Publishing_Point_Event WMS_Publishing_Point_Event Class event when you call the StartRecord method.

Example

Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Private Sub StartArchiving()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim BCPubPoint As IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint
    Dim Plugin As IWMSPlugin
    Dim AdminArchiveSink As IWMSAdminArchiveSink

Try
    ' Create the WMSServer object.
    Server = New WMSServer()

    ' Retrieve the sample broadcast publishing point.
    BCPubPoint = Server.PublishingPoints("Sample_Broadcast")

    ' Stop the publishing point.
    BCPubPoint.Stop()

    ' Set the publishing point path.
    BCPubPoint.Path = "C:\WMPub\WMRoot\Serverside_Playlist.wsx"

    ' Retrieve the WMS Archive Data Writer Plug-in.
    Plugin = BCPubPoint.BroadcastDataSinks("WMS Archive Data Writer")

    ' Make sure the plug-in is enabled.
    If Plugin.Enabled = False Then
        Plugin.Enabled = True
    End If

    ' Retrieve the administration interface for the plug-in.
    AdminArchiveSink = Plugin.CustomInterface

    ' Turn off the automatic start property.
    AdminArchiveSink.AutoStart() = False

    ' Specify the archive path template.
    AdminArchiveSink.Path = "%SystemDrive%\WMPub\WMArchive\<V>\Archive_<Y><m><d>.wmv"

    ' Restart the publishing point and begin archiving.
    BCPubPoint.Start()
    AdminArchiveSink.StartRecord()

Catch excCom As COMException
    ' TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
Catch exc As Exception
    ' TODO: Handle errors.
Finally
    ' TODO: Clean-up code goes here.
End Try

End Sub

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

Reference

IWMSAdminArchiveSink Object (Visual Basic .NET)

IWMSAdminArchiveSink.StopRecord (Visual Basic .NET)