Testing the announcement file

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From this page, you can test the files created by the announcement wizard.

  • Test announcement. Click Test to start Windows Media Player and connect to the stream.

  • Test Web page with an embedded player. Click the Test button to open the Web page in your browser. You will be able to see the stream from your publishing point in the embedded Player.

If the content does not play back during the test, check the following:

  • Confirm that Desktop Experience is installed. For more information, see Installing Desktop Experience.

  • If you accepted the default file locations for the multicast information file and the announcement file, ensure that you are running Internet Information Services (IIS) on the same computer as Windows Media Services. If you are not running IIS, clients cannot access the multicast information file.

  • Because Windows Media Services logs on using the Network Service account, make sure that all files and folders that you are accessing have been granted Read permissions to the Network Service account.

  • Make sure that the URL of the multicast information file matches the location of the multicast information file.