Fast Reconnect minimizes the impact to each client during a
temporary network outage by enabling the client to reconnect to the
server automatically and restart streaming. If the client was
connected to an on-demand publishing point, the client restarts
playback at the point at which the connection was lost by
synchronizing itself with the content timeline. If the content
includes video, the client estimates the approximate video frame at
which the connection was lost. If the content is indexed, this
estimate is more accurate. If the client is connected to a
broadcast publishing point, the client reconnects to the broadcast
in progress. Depending on the content, the user may experience a
gap in the broadcast.
The following are some key details about the Fast Reconnect
feature:
Fast Reconnect can be used with clients that connect through
any of the default connection protocols (MMS, HTTP, and RTSP).
A successful reconnection is reflected in the log file with a
status code of 210.
Both broadcast and on-demand publishing points can use the Fast
Reconnect feature.
Notes
You can control the behavior of individual
streams by adding Fast Streaming modifiers to the URL that clients
use to connect to the stream. The WMReconnect modifier sets the
number of times a client will attempt to reconnect to a stream if a
connection is lost. For example, a client that connects to a stream
using the following URL format will attempt to reconnect three
times before stopping:
http://servername/broadcast?WMReconnect=3. For more
information, see Controlling streaming behavior
with URL modifiers.
The Fast Reconnect feature is only used by
clients that connect to a unicast stream.
Notes