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| Windows Media Services |
| Once you install Windows Media Services, you need to provide streaming content to your clients. |
| The content can be in a form or multimedia files stored on your Windows 2000 Server's hard drive |
| (e.g., an .avi, an .mp3, or a .wma file) or a live video stream from a camera or any other supported |
| device. Depending on the type of content, you also need to set up an appropriate publishing point. |
| Windows Media Services supports two types of publishing points: |
| On-Demand Unicast Publishing Points deliver content that can be stopped, paused, and controlled |
| by the client. (For instance, users can play, stop, and pause multimedia files that are stored on the |
| Broadcast Unicast Publishing Points cannot be controlled by the client. (For instance, a user cannot |
| pause live video feeds, just like you cannot pause and reverse a regular TV program.) |
| You can also create a new Multicast Station. (Stations are just another name for "publishing |
| points" that deliver the content to multicast-enabled clients.) Once you create a publishing point |
| on a station, you simply give your clients the link to it |
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