Running Media Server on Windows Server 2003

Hello,
I want to enable all our company employees to listen to mp3 songs that the
company had purchased.
I want to place the mp3 files on Window Server 2003, and using Windows Media
Server I'd like to stream the music to the clients' machines.
How will it affect the network performance? Will it be too heavy traffic?
What is the maximum number of user that will be able to listen to the songs
without interfering to the network traffic?
What are the requirements so it will work for hundreds of users?

Thanks,
Janiv Ratson.

Using a multicast stream will only use whatever bit rate your mp3 files are
encoded at, so if you have a 128k stream that’s all the bandwidth you will
use (plus some overhead). Multicasting has some limitations, primarily, your
hardware needs to support it, but it is the way to go in your situation.

--
- Moshe


"Janiv Ratson" wrote:

> Hello,
> I want to enable all our company employees to listen to mp3 songs that the
> company had purchased.
> I want to place the mp3 files on Window Server 2003, and using Windows Media
> Server I'd like to stream the music to the clients' machines.
> How will it affect the network performance? Will it be too heavy traffic?
> What is the maximum number of user that will be able to listen to the songs
> without interfering to the network traffic?
> What are the requirements so it will work for hundreds of users?
>
> Thanks,
> Janiv Ratson.
>
>
>

You might want to check to see what the RIAA has to say about this. Seems to me
you'd need to pay royalties if you're rebroadcasting music to multiple people.

"Moshe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B17A2369-EFC6-46B3-97CC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Using a multicast stream will only use whatever bit rate your mp3 files are
> encoded at, so if you have a 128k stream that's all the bandwidth you will
> use (plus some overhead). Multicasting has some limitations, primarily, your
> hardware needs to support it, but it is the way to go in your situation.
>
> --
> - Moshe
>
>
> "Janiv Ratson" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I want to enable all our company employees to listen to mp3 songs that the
>> company had purchased.
>> I want to place the mp3 files on Window Server 2003, and using Windows Media
>> Server I'd like to stream the music to the clients' machines.
>> How will it affect the network performance? Will it be too heavy traffic?
>> What is the maximum number of user that will be able to listen to the songs
>> without interfering to the network traffic?
>> What are the requirements so it will work for hundreds of users?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Janiv Ratson.
>>
>>
>>

I will pay everything I need.
I just need to know if it possible or it will overload the network ...
Thanks,
Janiv Ratson.

"Mike Lowery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You might want to check to see what the RIAA has to say about this. Seems
> to me you'd need to pay royalties if you're rebroadcasting music to
> multiple people.
>
> "Moshe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B17A2369-EFC6-46B3-97CC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Using a multicast stream will only use whatever bit rate your mp3 files
>> are
>> encoded at, so if you have a 128k stream that's all the bandwidth you
>> will
>> use (plus some overhead). Multicasting has some limitations, primarily,
>> your
>> hardware needs to support it, but it is the way to go in your situation.
>>
>> --
>> - Moshe
>>
>>
>> "Janiv Ratson" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I want to enable all our company employees to listen to mp3 songs that
>>> the
>>> company had purchased.
>>> I want to place the mp3 files on Window Server 2003, and using Windows
>>> Media
>>> Server I'd like to stream the music to the clients' machines.
>>> How will it affect the network performance? Will it be too heavy
>>> traffic?
>>> What is the maximum number of user that will be able to listen to the
>>> songs
>>> without interfering to the network traffic?
>>> What are the requirements so it will work for hundreds of users?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Janiv Ratson.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Ok put it like this...
SHOUTcast http://www.shoutcast.com
Its simple and can be made to play in media players with just a little edit
of a asx file... (txt playlist file).
Its simple and works... best as you can re/encode the mp3 file if your short
of BW.