Microsoft KB Archive/318513

= PRB: PPT: Error Message: &quot;Failed to Start Windows Media Server ASF Session&quot; =

Article ID: 318513

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7.0
 * Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7.1
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q318513



SYMPTOMS
When you try to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 with the Windows Media Encoder version 7.0 or 7.1 installed, you receive the following error message:

Failed to start Windows Media Server ASF session



CAUSE
PowerPoint 2002 does not correctly start versions 7.0 and 7.1 of the Windows Media Encoder.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use version 4.1 of the Windows Media Encoder. To do this, remove version 7.0 or 7.1 of the Windows Media Encoder. After you install version 7.0 or 7.1 of the Windows Media Encoder, version 4.1 of the Windows Media Encoder is still installed and is used by PowerPoint. If the Windows Media Encoder is not installed, you can obtain it from the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft PowerPoint.



MORE INFORMATION
When you use the Windows Media Administrator to view a station, the source for the Multicast station appears as &quot;http://servername:0&quot;. This indicates that the port is 0 instead of the configured port of 1055.

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