Migrating from the Windows Media Station Control
The Windows Media Station control is an ActiveX control that is used to administer multicasting for Windows Media Services 4.1. This control, and the objects that can be accessed from it, are no longer available in the Windows Media Services 9 Series SDK.
The following table shows the functional equivalent of the Windows Media Station control and its objects in the Windows Media Services 9 Series SDK.
Version 4.1 object |
9 Series equivalent |
|---|---|
NSChannelMgr (Windows MediaStation control) |
IWMSServer |
Address |
IWMSAdminMulticastSink |
Channel |
IWMSAdminMulticastSink, IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint |
Channels |
IWMSPublishingPoints |
ChannelFormat |
src attribute in a SMIL-compliant playlist |
ChannelFormats |
No equivalent functionality |
Client |
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnection, IWMSPlayer |
Clients |
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnections, IWMSPlayers |
HostAddresses |
IWMSAdminMulticastSink |
Stream |
media element in a SMIL-compliant playlist |
Streams |
No equivalent functionality |
StreamDescriptor |
IWMSActiveMedia, IWMSActiveStream |
StreamDescriptors |
IWMSActiveStreams |
See Also (General)
IWMSActiveMedia IWMSActiveMedia Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSActiveStream IWMSActiveStream Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSActiveStreams IWMSActiveStreams Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSAdminMulticastSink IWMSAdminMulticastSink Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnection Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionsIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnections Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSPlayerIWMSPlayer Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSPlayersIWMSPlayers Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSPublishingPointsIWMSPublishingPoints Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSServerIWMSServer Object (Visual Basic .NET)
IWMSActiveMedia IWMSActiveMedia Object (C#)
IWMSActiveStream IWMSActiveStream Object (C#)
IWMSActiveStreams IWMSActiveStreams Object (C#)
IWMSAdminMulticastSink IWMSAdminMulticastSink Object (C#)
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint Object (C#)
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnection Object (C#)
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionsIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnections Object (C#)
IWMSPlayerIWMSPlayer Object (C#)
IWMSPlayersIWMSPlayers Object (C#)
IWMSPublishingPointsIWMSPublishingPoints Object (C#)
IWMSServerIWMSServer Object (C#)
IWMSActiveMediaIWMSActiveMedia Interface
IWMSActiveStreamIWMSActiveStream Interface
IWMSActiveStreamsIWMSActiveStreams Interface
IWMSAdminMulticastSinkIWMSAdminMulticastSink Interface
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPointIWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint Interface
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnection Interface
IWMSOutgoingDistributionConnectionsIWMSOutgoingDistributionConnections Interface
IWMSPlayerIWMSPlayer Interface
IWMSPlayersIWMSPlayers Interface
IWMSPublishingPointsIWMSPublishingPoints Interface
IWMSServerIWMSServer Interface