Opening and Closing Streams

When the StreamWorks Player is registered as a WEB Browser Helper Application, it automatically opens a stream any time you click on a Hypertext reference to a file with the ".xdm" filename extension. An XDM file contains a stream specification that resembles a standard URL used by WEB Browsers; URL-style stream specifications are in the form:

XDMA://{swServer}:{swPort}/{Stream}

Where:

"XDMA" specifies the StreamWorks protocol;

{swServer} is the IPaddress of a StreamWorks Server;

{swPort} is the Port to which the StreamWorks Server listens for stream requests; by default, this Port is "1558" and can usually be excluded from the URL.

{Stream} is the name of a PLAY file or an on-demand audio/video file residing on the StreamWorks Server.

For example:

XDMA://111.222.111.222:1558/grammy.mpg

Opening Streams With Menu Commands

After starting the StreamWorks Player, you can use menu commands to open a stream:

Choose "Open Stream..." from the File menu. A dialog appears and asks you to enter a stream specification.

Enter a URL-style stream specification or the pathname of a local XDM file, and click the OK button.

Opening Streams With Command Line Parameters

You can cause the StreamWorks Player to automatically open a stream by passing it the pathname of a local XDM file as a command line parameter.