IWMSAdminArchiveSink Object (Visual Basic .NET)
You can use the IWMSAdminArchiveSink object to archive streamed content. This object is exposed by the WMS Archive Data Writer plug-in. The IWMSAdminArchiveSink object exposes the following properties and methods.
Property |
Description |
|---|---|
ActivePath |
Retrieves the path to the content that is being archived. |
AutoStart |
Specifies and retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether archiving begins automatically when streaming begins. |
AvailableDiskSpace |
Retrieves the amount of remaining disk space that can be used for archiving. |
Bandwidth |
Retrieves the current bandwidth of the content being archived. |
ElapsedTime |
Retrieves the amount of time that the archiving process has been running. |
IsRecording |
Retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the archiving process is running. |
Path |
Specifies and retrieves the template path to which content is being archived. |
Method |
Description |
|---|---|
ExpandTemplate |
Retrieves the expanded form of a tokenized template path. |
StartRecord |
Starts the archiving process. |
StopRecord |
Stops the archiving process. |
Example
The following example illustrates how to retrieve an IWMSAdminArchiveSink object.
Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Private Sub RetrieveObj()
' Declare variables.
Dim Server As WMSServer
Dim BCPubPoint As IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint
Dim Plugin As IWMSPlugin
Dim AdminArchiveSink As IWMSAdminArchiveSink
Try
' Create the WMSServer object.
Server = New WMSServer()
' Add a new broadcast publishing point.
BCPubPoint = Server.PublishingPoints.Add("NewPubPoint", _
WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_CATEGORY.WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_BROADCAST, _
"c:\wmpub\wmroot\playlist.wsx")
' Retrieve the plug-in to be configured.
Plugin = BCPubPoint.BroadcastDataSinks.Item( _
"WMS Archive Data Writer")
' Retrieve the custom interface of the plug-in.
AdminArchiveSink = Plugin.CustomInterface
Catch excCom As COMException
' TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
Catch exc As Exception
' TODO: Handle errors.
Finally
' TODO: Clean-up code goes here.
End Try
End Sub