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Windows Media Player 11 SDK Using URL and Server Rollover 

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Using URL and Server Rollover

You can use metafile playlists to provide a means of automatically rolling over to alternate content sources when a stream cannot be accessed or played. You can use this rollover method to specify sources of the same content on different servers or different types of servers. You can, for example, specify a first alternate on a different Windows Media server. If that content fails to play, the client can roll over to a second alternate on a Web server. Windows Media Player automatically tries to roll over to different protocols according to its Windows Media property settings before trying the rollover URLs in the playlist.

Set server and protocol rollover by placing multiple REF elements in succession within one ENTRY element. Each REF element specifies an alternate location or protocol for a media file or stream.

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