IWMSAdminArchiveSink Object (C#)

2009-09-04

You can use the IWMSAdminArchiveSink object to archive streamed content. This object is exposed by the WMS Archive Data Writer plug-in. The IWMSAdminArchiveSink object exposes the following properties and methods.

Property	Description
ActivePath	Retrieves the path to the content that is being archived.
AutoStart	Specifies and retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether archiving begins automatically when streaming begins.
AvailableDiskSpace	Retrieves the amount of remaining disk space that can be used for archiving.
Bandwidth	Retrieves the current bandwidth used by the content being archived.
ElapsedTime	Retrieves the amount of time that the archiving process has been running.
IsRecording	Retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the archiving process is running.
Path	Specifies and retrieves the template path to which content is being archived.

Method	Description
ExpandTemplate	Retrieves the expanded form of a tokenized template path.
StartRecord	Starts the archiving process.
StopRecord	Stops the archiving process.

Example

The following example illustrates how to retrieve an IWMSAdminArchiveSink object.

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

// Declare variables.
WMSServer Server;
IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint BCPubPoint;
IWMSPlugin Plugin;
IWMSAdminArchiveSink AdminArchiveSink;

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

    // Add a new broadcast publishing point.
    BCPubPoint = (IWMSBroadcastPublishingPoint)
                 Server.PublishingPoints.Add("NewPubPoint",
                                           WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_CATEGORY.
                                           WMS_PUBLISHING_POINT_BROADCAST,
                                           "c:\\wmpub\\wmroot\\playlist.wsx");

    // Retrieve the plug-in to be configured.
    Plugin = BCPubPoint.BroadcastDataSinks[
                             "WMS Archive Data Writer"];

    // Retrieve the custom interface of the plug-in.
    AdminArchiveSink =
        (IWMSAdminArchiveSink)Plugin.CustomInterface;
}
catch (COMException comExc) {
    // TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: Handle exceptions.
}

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