Windows Media Encoder:Auto reconnection after temporary server outage?

Emerson

I'm trying to keep Windows Media Encoder auto-reconnecting during an outage of the WM Server or temporary connection issue. Like my broadband connection usually goes out around 0630 every morning for a minute and I'm greated by an error message when I wake up several hours later telling me the encoder has stopped.

Had a quick search and found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmsrvsdk/htm/switchelement.asp

The switch element.. but I looked in the Windows Media Encoder directories and couldn't see any xml files to be edited, bar one, SettingsMap.xml which doesn't seem to have anything relevant in it.

Apparently this switch thing allows you to play a local wma/wmv "intermission" file whilst the encoder trys reconnecting which is exactly what I want.

<switch>
<media id="media1" src="http://encoder1:8080?WMReconnect=0"/&gt;
<media id="media2" src="Alternate_1.wmv"/>
</switch>
<switch>
<media id="media3" src="http://encoder2:8080?WMReconnect=0"/&gt;
<media id="media4" src="Alternate_2.wmv"/>


Anyone had any experience implementing this? Or where to stick the code?
I'm probably missing some big "click me to change" button, forgive me if I am :rolleyes: .

Thanks

Emerson

Anyone use Windows Media encoder?

Emerson

This is the error I get every day at 06:38 and 18:00 on my IOL broadband connection.
Must be booted off for an IP change...

Any experience?