To rebroadcast archived content (broadcast delay)

1. Create a broadcast publishing point (LiveStream) that sources from a live encoded stream.
2. Configure and enable archiving for LiveStream. For more information, see To archive content.
3. Start LiveStream.
4. Create a broadcast publishing point (DelayedStream) that sources from the LiveStream archive file. For more information, see Sourcing from files.
5. Start DelayedStream after the delay period elapses.

   Clients can connect to DelayedStream to view the delayed LiveStream.

Notes

• You can run the announcement wizards on the Announce tab of the Windows Media Services snap-in to help you create multicast information files (.nsc) for your broadcast publishing points (LiveStream and DelayedStream). For more information, see Announcing content.
• You can start DelayedStream automatically by sourcing from a server-side playlist that contains a wallclock timing value. For more information, see Timing values.
• Clients that stream content from an archived file that is being written to cannot fast-forward or rewind the content until archiving stops.
• Play While Archiving is available only if Windows Media Services 9 Series is running on the following editions of the operating system: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. If you are running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, this feature is not supported.

Related topics

• Understanding Play While Archiving
• To configure the WMS Archive Data Writer plug-in
• Setting up a broadcast