- On the toolbar, click Properties, and then click the Output tab.
- Select the Push to server check box and clear the Pull from encoder check box.
- In Server name, type the name of the Windows Media server from which you want to distribute the content. You can use the network basic input/output system (netBIOS) name, IP address, or Domain Name System (DNS) name of the server.
The encoder uses the HTTP protocol to stream to the server. By default, the server uses port 80 for the HTTP protocol. If the server is configured to use a different port number, the encoder must match the port number. You can either use the format Server_name:Port_number in Server name or, if you have access permissions to the Windows Media Services service through DCOM, the port number is automatically detected.
- In Publishing point, type the name of an existing or new publishing point you want to stream through. If you are creating a publishing point, use alphanumeric characters only. In addition, the following characters are not valid in a publishing point name: * < > \ ? % & # " { } | ^ [ ] `
If you want to create a publishing point from the encoder, you must have create access permissions through the WMS Publishing Points ACL Authorization plug-in (at both the server and publishing point level) on the Windows Media server.
- If you are creating a publishing point, you can use the configuration of the default publishing point or you can choose to copy the configuration an existing publishing point to the publishing point you are creating. To do so, in Copy settings from, type the name of the existing publishing point that has the configuration you want to copy.
- If you want to remove the publishing point through which you are streaming after you close the encoder (or after a timeout of several minutes), select the Auto remove check box.
The timeout enables you to stop and then restart encoding without having to create the publishing point. This is useful, for example, if you want to adjust settings in the session and then continue encoding.
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