Playing Archived ASF Leaves Client in Waiting State

ID: Q238231

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Media Services version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After a Windows Media Player client finishes playing a file that was generated by archiving a multicast station, the player displays a status of "Waiting" instead of "Stopped."

This behavior is consistent whether the file is being played locally, through unicast, or multicast.

CAUSE

The station service can save an archived version of the stream it receives from an encoder or another server. Because this stream is treated as a live stream, the archived .asf file lacks the header information that other .asf creation tools normally put in the file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, open the archived content in the ASF Indexer and allow it to index the file. You can also use the command line utility Asfchop.exe to index the file.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: netshow wms wmp

Keywords : kbDSupport
Version : :4.0
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Issue type : kbprb