The log file header consists of a number of lines, each starting with a number sign (#), followed by the header field name, a colon, a single space, and the field's value. Each line ends with a carriage return (\n). The header consists of the following entries (in order).
Field name | Description | Example |
StartDate | The date (in international date format, YYYY-MM-DD)
and time (hh:mm:ss) the log file was created. It represents the
date and time by using the locale of the server generating the log
file.
This field is named Date in log files that are generated by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI extension. |
#StartDate: 2001-11-30 16:05:03 |
EndDate | The date (in international date format, YYYY-MM-DD)
and time (hh:mm:ss) the log file was closed. It represents the date
and time by using the locale of the server generating the log file.
This field does not appear in log files that are generated by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI extension. |
#EndDate: 2001-11-30 16:05:42 |
TimeFormat | The time format used in the log file (Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local). If the time format is local, the number in parentheses represents the number of minutes before UTC. | #TimeFormat: Local(480) |
EncodingFormat | The text encoding used in creating the log file, which can be either UTF-8 or ANSI. UTF-8 is the default. | #EncodingFormat: ANSI |
ServerName | The name of the server generating the log file.
This field does not appear in log files that are generated by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI extension. |
#ServerName: WMS_Server_1 |
ServerIP | A comma-separated list of Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses that the Windows Media Services service is bound to. This
may not include every IP address the computer is bound to.
This field does not appear in log files that are generated by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI extension. |
#ServerIP: 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.33 |
Software | The software name. | #Software: Windows Media Services |
Version | The version of the Windows Media Services service. | #Version: 9.0 |
Publishing Point | The name of the This field does not appear in log files that are generated by the Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI extension. |
#Publishingpointname: [Global] (represents the
entire server) #Publishingpointname: Name |
Fields | Space-separated list of all the field names that are logged in the order in which they are logged. The Fields header is always the last header entry in the header. | #Fields: c-ip date time c-dns |