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Windows Media Encoder

2007-02-23T17:54:39Z

Smpn:

{{website|Windows Media Encoder|http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx}}

'''Windows Media Encoder''' allows encoding of live broadcasts and pulled from clients or relays or pushed to servers over the [[MMS]] protocol.

==Using VLC as a Relay for Live Streams==

Currently only the pull method is supported for using VLC as a relay. On your server, use the command:

<pre>
vlc mmsh://encoder-ip:8080 --sout '#std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:8080}'
</pre>

Now [[Windows Media Player]] clients can connect to <code>mms://server-ip:8080</code> to watch the broadcast.

Of course this requires the encoder to be reachable via the [[MMSH]] protocol, with any required firewall or NAT configuration to support it.

===Encoder Push Support===

Some reverse engineering of the [[MMSH]] encoder push protocol has been done, but not integrated into VLC, for example [http://www.abk.nu/~nabe/prog_down/wmrelay.pl wmrelay.pl] by nabe@abk and [http://sdp.ppona.com/ The SDP Multimedia Website].

==Bugs and Caveats==

VLC may not reflect the source bitrate properly. {{forum|18087}}

[[Category:Encoder]]

Windows Media Encoder

2007-02-23T17:49:56Z

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Windows Media Encoder

2007-02-23T17:48:57Z

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Windows Media Player

2007-02-23T17:38:27Z

Smpn: /* Streaming from VLC */

{{wikipedia|Windows Media Player}}
Windows Media Player is the standard multimedia player for Microsoft® [[Windows]]® systems.

=Supported formats=

According to Microsoft® [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992 Knowledge Base Article 316992], Windows Media Player supports the following formats "out of the box":

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Supported formats
|-
| Microsoft® media formats
|
*Advanced Systems Format (.asf)
*Audio Visual Interleave (.avi)
*Audio for Windows (.wav)
*Microsoft® Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms)
*Windows Media Audio (.wma)
*Windows Media Video (.wmv, .wm)
|-
| Microsoft® media metafiles
|
*Advanced Stream Redirector (.asx)
*Windows Media Audio Redirector (.wax)
*Windows Media Download Package (.wmd)
*Windows Media Player Playlist (.wpl)
*Windows Media Redirector (.wmx)
*Windows Media Video Redirector (.wvx)
|-
| ISO/IEC (MPEG)
|
*MPEG-1 (.mpeg, .mpg, .m1v)
*MPEG Audio Layer III (.mp3)
*MPEG Audio Layer II (.mp2, .mpa)
*Metafile Playlist (.m3u)
|-
| Industry standard
|
*Audio Interchange File Format ( .aif, .aifc, .aiff)
*CD Audio Track (.cda)
*Musical Instrument Digital Interface (.mid, .midi, .rmi)
*Sun Microsystems and NeXT (.au, .snd)
|}

=Common Issues=

==MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 playback==

Microsoft® does not bundle codecs for MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 with Windows and recommends purchasing them as part of a "DVD decoder pack" from a third-party vendor.

The symptom associated with a missing codec is Windows Media Player displaying the cryptic "C00D11CD" error code immediately after opening an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 coded file or stream. At that point, you must purchase the appropriate codec, perhaps from Microsoft's® [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx list of approved vendors].

==Streaming from VLC==
To date, the only option for streaming from VLC to Windows Media Player is to:
*Transcode the file or feed into [[WMV]] format
*Encapsulate the transcoded stream in the [[ASF]] container format
*Use [[MMS]] or [[MMSH]] for the stream transport

A command-line example may be found in Chapter 4 of the [http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch04.html#id294991 VideoLAN Streaming Howto]. {{forum|255}}.

Otherwise, Windows Media Player does not appear to support streaming for anything other than its proprietary formats.

<BLOCKQUOTE>
"Windows Media Player 9 Series can play files in a wide variety of digital media file formats, but Windows Media Services 9 Series cannot stream all of those files. In certain cases, you may need to convert digital media files into a compatible format before you can stream them." [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/server/faq.aspx#2_3]
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Streaming to Windows Media Player over HTTP is supported, but the multimedia stream must be converted to a Microsoft-proprietary format with [[Windows Media Encoder]] beforehand.

Streaming is known to work with Windows Media Player 9 or higher. In particular, Windows Media Player 8 does not interoperate with VLC. {{forum|5199}}

==Compatability==
If you discover problems with your Windows Media Player please download the latest version:
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=en English]
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=de Deutsch]
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=fr Français]

{{compat}}
[[Category:Player]]

Windows Media Player

2007-02-23T17:38:00Z

Smpn: /* Streaming from VLC */

{{wikipedia|Windows Media Player}}
Windows Media Player is the standard multimedia player for Microsoft® [[Windows]]® systems.

=Supported formats=

According to Microsoft® [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992 Knowledge Base Article 316992], Windows Media Player supports the following formats "out of the box":

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Supported formats
|-
| Microsoft® media formats
|
*Advanced Systems Format (.asf)
*Audio Visual Interleave (.avi)
*Audio for Windows (.wav)
*Microsoft® Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms)
*Windows Media Audio (.wma)
*Windows Media Video (.wmv, .wm)
|-
| Microsoft® media metafiles
|
*Advanced Stream Redirector (.asx)
*Windows Media Audio Redirector (.wax)
*Windows Media Download Package (.wmd)
*Windows Media Player Playlist (.wpl)
*Windows Media Redirector (.wmx)
*Windows Media Video Redirector (.wvx)
|-
| ISO/IEC (MPEG)
|
*MPEG-1 (.mpeg, .mpg, .m1v)
*MPEG Audio Layer III (.mp3)
*MPEG Audio Layer II (.mp2, .mpa)
*Metafile Playlist (.m3u)
|-
| Industry standard
|
*Audio Interchange File Format ( .aif, .aifc, .aiff)
*CD Audio Track (.cda)
*Musical Instrument Digital Interface (.mid, .midi, .rmi)
*Sun Microsystems and NeXT (.au, .snd)
|}

=Common Issues=

==MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 playback==

Microsoft® does not bundle codecs for MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 with Windows and recommends purchasing them as part of a "DVD decoder pack" from a third-party vendor.

The symptom associated with a missing codec is Windows Media Player displaying the cryptic "C00D11CD" error code immediately after opening an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 coded file or stream. At that point, you must purchase the appropriate codec, perhaps from Microsoft's® [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx list of approved vendors].

==Streaming from VLC==
To date, the only option for streaming from VLC to Windows Media Player is to:
*Transcode the file or feed into [[WMV]] format
*Encapsulate the transcoded stream in the [[ASF]] container format
*Use [[MMS]] or [[MMSH]] for the stream transport

A command-line example may be found in Chapter 4 of the [http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch04.html#id294991 VideoLAN Streaming Howto]. {{forum|255}}.

Otherwise, Windows Media Player does not appear to support streaming for anything other than its proprietary formats.

<BLOCKQUOTE>
"Windows Media Player 9 Series can play files in a wide variety of digital media file formats, but Windows Media Services 9 Series cannot stream all of those files. In certain cases, you may need to convert digital media files into a compatible format before you can stream them." [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/server/faq.aspx#2_3]
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Streaming to Windows Media Player over HTTP is supported, but the multimedia stream must be converted to a Microsoft-proprietary format with [[Windows Media Encoder[] beforehand.

Streaming is known to work with Windows Media Player 9 or higher. In particular, Windows Media Player 8 does not interoperate with VLC. {{forum|5199}}

==Compatability==
If you discover problems with your Windows Media Player please download the latest version:
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=en English]
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=de Deutsch]
*[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp?DispLang=fr Français]

{{compat}}
[[Category:Player]]