Shared Playlist Object

Shared Playlist Object

When a broadcast publishing point is started, the content identified by the Path property on the IWMSPublishingPoint interface is streamed whether or not a client is connected to the publishing point. When a client connects, it begins receiving the stream from the current position.

Because a broadcast publishing point can only point to a specific file, stream, or directory, the URL requested by a client must be in the following form where the protocol must be http, rtsp, or mms.

    protocol://server_name/publishing_point_name

If the publishing point points to a playlist file, the server creates a shared playlist object, and the media content referenced by the playlist is shared by all of the clients who connect to the broadcast publishing point.

See Also

• IWMSPublishingPoint::get_Path
• IWMSPublishingPoint.Path (C#)
• IWMSPublishingPoint.Path (Visual Basic .NET)
• Playlist Basics