WMController (Windows Media Controller) is a Windows console
application that can be used to start/stop
Windows
Media Services broadcast publishing points or
Windows
Media Encoder encoding. It can also load .wme
session files. The application can even
run on a remote computer that has network access (via
DCOM)
to the server running
WMS or WME. When used with
Windows
Task Scheduler, the program can also be automated to
start/stop streams at pre-set times by creating simple batch files.
An
example of starting a publishing point named "pubpoint1" on a server
named "server1" is shown below:
wmcontroller -wms:server1 -start:pubpoint1
Note that if WMController is running on the same computer as either WMS
or WME, you should specify "localhost" as the server name:
wmcontroller -wms:localhost -start:pubpoint1
Other examples:
wmcontroller -wms:server1 -stop:pubpoint1 (tells WMS
running on
"server1" to stop publishing point "pubpoint1")
wmcontroller -wms:server1 -list (shows names of all
publishing points
on "server1")
wmcontroller -wme:ws1 -start (tells
WME running on "ws1" to start
encoding)
wmcontroller -wme:ws1 -stop (tells WME running on "ws1"
to stop
encoding)
wmcontroller -wme:ws1 -load:c:\file.wme -start (tells
WME to load session "file.wme" and start encoding)
wmcontroller
-wme:localhost -start (tells WME running on the same
computer to start encoding)
New in v1.1, the ability to start/stop publishing point archiving:
wmcontroller
-wms:localhost -startarchive:pp1 (tells WMS to
start archiving on publishing point "pp1")
wmcontroller
-wms:localhost -stoparchive:pp1 (tells WMS to
stop archiving on "pp1")
New in v1.2, the ability to start/stop separate instances of WME running on the
same computer:
wmcontroller
-wme:localhost -name:WMEncoder123 -start (starts the encoding for
WMEncoder123 instance)
The program is being sold for $50 (see
license)
and can be purchased
via the PayPal link below. A limited version is also
available for free (see
FAQ.) With receipt of payment you
will be sent a compiled copy of the software ASAP (no source
code.) Limited support, such as installation help, may
also be provided.
The author can be e-mailed
here. There is also a
FAQ
page. Also check out
WMS
Monitor &
Camera
Monitoring Website too!
Note: The
.Net Framework 2.0 must also be installed for the software to
run.