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Causes of 408's in a Windows Media Services log
One common question I get from Windows Media Services admins who have looked through their log files is about the cause of the 408 status codes. Before answering the question directly, I need to define what a 408 is. Simply put, it is an abnormal disconnect. Read More...
Using HTTP Referer to prevent deep linking to a WMS server
For a number of years now I've had customers ask me about how to prevent deep linking from random people directly to their Windows Media server. Deep linking is described on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_linking . Often this occurs when a web site Read More...
How to maintain an encoder/server connection on a problematic network
I occasionally get contacted by customers that are having problems keeping their Windows Media Encoder 9 Series encoder and Windows Media Services 2008 server connected. Often it is simply that the network between the two is having some issues, however Read More...
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