Users can also record a narration for each slide and generate a Windows Media video file that combines the audio with images synchronized by the timings recorded in the presentation. We chose to save to a file, and that worked without a hitch. The other media integration method we tried is available in the Windows Media Encoder. URL scripts can be added to a live or on-demand stream, and you can edit those scripts after the fact with the asf index utility. This is straightforward, though we found no explanation in the help files on how to target a URL to a browser frame.
Live encoding is straightforward.
You configure a live source in the encoder and then create a publishing point on your server that points to that encoder. We had no problems implementing this. The GUI-based Windows Media administrative and monitoring interfaces are useful and intuitive. You get easy, hyperlink access to help files, though they are occasionally less than helpful. Our first effort to set up a station failed because we lacked a proper stream format file, which has to be generated by Windows Media Encoder and then imported onto the server.