To rebroadcast archived content (live replay)

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 an on-demand publishing point (ArchiveStream) that sources from the LiveStream archive file. For more information, see Sourcing from files.

   Clients can connect to ArchiveStream at a later time to view the broadcast from the beginning.

Notes

• You can run the announcement wizards on the Announce tab of the Windows Media Services snap-in to help you create a multicast information file (.nsc) for your broadcast publishing point (LiveStream) and an announcement file (.asx) for your on-demand publishing point (ArchiveStream). For more information, see Announcing content.
• Clients that stream content from the archived file that is being written to (ArchiveStream) 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