IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint.BufferSetting (C#)

The BufferSetting property specifies and retrieves a member of the WMS_BUFFER_SETTING enumeration type indicating the amount of buffering that is done on a broadcast sink.

WMS_BUFFER_SETTING = BroadcastPublishingPoint.BufferSetting;BroadcastPublishingPoint.BufferSetting = WMS_BUFFER_SETTING;

Property Value

A member of the WMS_BUFFER_SETTING enumeration type indicating the amount of buffering that is done on a broadcast sink.

Value	Description
WMS_BUFFER_SETTING_UNSPECIFIED	Reserved for future use.
WMS_BUFFER_SETTING_MINIMIZE_STARTUP_LATENCY	Instructs the server to buffer data ahead of the client connection so that when the client connects, the server can send data to it more quickly.
WMS_BUFFER_SETTING_PROPOGATION_LATENCY	Minimizes the amount of data the server buffers before streaming.

If this property fails, it throws an exception.

Number	Description
0xC00D145AL	The publishing point has already been removed.

Remarks

The default value is WMS_BUFFER_SETTING_MINIMIZE_STARTUP_LATENCY.

Example

using Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// Declare variables.
WMSServer                       Server;
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint    BCPubPoint;
IWMSPublishingPoints            PubPoints;
IWMSPublishingPoint             PubPoint;

try {
    // Create a new WMSServer object.
    Server = new WMSServerClass();

    // Retrieve the IWMSPublishingPoints object.
    PubPoints = Server.PublishingPoints;

    // Retrieve each publishing point and retrieve the
    // IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint object.
    for (int i = 0; i < PubPoints.Count; i++)
    {
        PubPoint = PubPoints[i];

        if (PubPoint.Type == 
            WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_TYPE.WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_TYPE_BROADCAST)
        {
            BCPubPoint = (IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint)PubPoint;

            // Retrieve the buffer setting for the publishing point.
            WMS_BUFFER_SETTING bsSetting;
            bsSetting = BCPubPoint.BufferSetting;
            break;
        }
    }
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

Reference

IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint Object (C#)

IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint.BufferSetting (C#)