Microsoft KB Archive/913995

= The first Windows Media Player client experiences buffering and slow startup times when it connects to a broadcast publishing point on a Windows Media Services 9 Series server =

Article ID: 913995

Article Last Modified on 2/13/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Services 9 Series

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. A Microsoft Windows Media Services 9 Series (WMS) server is not already running. The first Microsoft Windows Media Player client connects to a broadcast publishing point on the WMS server. In this scenario, the first client experiences buffering and slow startup times even though the Fast Start and Fast Cache settings are enabled.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because of behavior that occurs when a broadcast publishing point uses a Windows Media Encoder or an upstream Windows Media Server as its source. In this scenario, a broadcast publishing point must buffer data before the broadcast publishing point can start sending data to a client. The broadcast publishing point does not use the Fast Start settings when it starts streaming data from a streaming source.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, start the broadcast publishing point before the first client connects. When you do this, the first client can stream by using the Fast Start and Fast Cache settings. Starting with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Media Services includes a Broadcast AutoStart feature. This feature starts a publishing point when the service starts.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: Fast Start

Keywords: kbprb KB913995

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