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WMS Cache Proxy - General properties

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

The WMS Cache Proxy plug-in is used to configure this Windows Media server either as a cache/proxy server or as a reverse proxy server so that it can provide caching and proxy support to other Windows Media servers. You can configure the following options on the General tab for this plug-in.

Item Description

Cache/Proxy Plug-in Status

Check the status box to determine the following:

Preferred Plug-in Protocol

Select a protocol to be used by this server when it updates content in its cache by streaming it from the origin server:

  • Client Protocol (default). Stream the content to the cache using the same streaming protocol that is requested by the client.

  • HTTP. Stream the content to the cache using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

  • RTSPU. Stream the content to the cache using Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) in combination with the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) networking protocol.

  • RTSPT. Stream the content to the cache using RTSP in combination with the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) networking protocol.