Microsoft KB Archive/266778

= Live Broadcast of MPEG-1 File Causes Error =

Article ID: 266778

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7.0
 * Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7.1

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This article was previously published under Q266778



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to do a live broadcast of an MPEG-1 audio-video file, the encoder returns the following error message:

The request is invalid in the current state.



CAUSE
MPEG-1 files cannot be looped because of a limitation in the Windows Media Encoder and therefore cannot be used as a source for a live broadcast.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can use the Windows Media Encoder to convert the MPEG-1 content to a .wmv file before the live broadcast, and then you can use this file as the source for your broadcast.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder version 7.0.

Additional query words: netshow WMS MPEG

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB266778

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