interfacing with windows media server
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:55 pm
Hello,
I have a client that is going to be using windows media server to encode some tv programs. He wants to be able to search the closed caption data inside windows media server and to get results. He already have a php application and this will be another part of it.
I was thinking that it will be nice if I could do something like
http://mediaserver/search.xxx?cc=bush+crazy
and get the results in some kind of xml, maybe something like
<data>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
</data>
The idea is that I could show the results, just like if I did a normal search on a database, maybe with a little thumbnail, and when the user click on it, that part of the video will star to stream.
I have no idea how windows media server works or how can I search on it. At this point I am just looking for some guidance.
Thank you
I have a client that is going to be using windows media server to encode some tv programs. He wants to be able to search the closed caption data inside windows media server and to get results. He already have a php application and this will be another part of it.
I was thinking that it will be nice if I could do something like
http://mediaserver/search.xxx?cc=bush+crazy
and get the results in some kind of xml, maybe something like
<data>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
<item>
<video_link>http://mediaserver/stream.xxx?{whaterever parameters wms use to get here}</video_link>
</item>
</data>
The idea is that I could show the results, just like if I did a normal search on a database, maybe with a little thumbnail, and when the user click on it, that part of the video will star to stream.
I have no idea how windows media server works or how can I search on it. At this point I am just looking for some guidance.
Thank you