>I am using the Windows Media Services on the server where IIS resides to stream WMV files. So, I can use the extension and the protocol such as this:
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mms://www.myserver.com/videos/myfiles.wmv>
>When I click on a link, the Windows Media Player is starting but it takes like 30 to 60 seconds to play it. At first, we thought it was like that because we haven't opened the ports on the firewall. We did. This didn't change anything. We are still investigating non that. Anyone faced that situation before?
Whenever I've played videos with Media Player, they always seem to buffer for some time before playing starts. Even on broadband this can take a while. I'd say 15+ seconds is normal, 60 seconds is rather long.
Regards. Al
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