Setting the Default Streaming Service Account for a Specific Connection

Problem Description

I want to dedicate a given output to a specific user's account on a streaming service.

Considerations:

• Requires version MMSos 6.2 or higher:

  • To latch the setting on a given stream, select that stream and then append False as the final argument to the SetServiceAccount command.

    • SetServiceAccount <ServiceName> <AccountName> False

  • To unlatch a given service, select the stream, then

    • SetServiceAccount <ServiceName> Clear False

  • To unlatch all services, select the stream, then

    • SetServiceAccount Clear Clear False

  • Leave the False off or replace with True to make temporary (non latching) settings.

Solution

The control protocol has a command called SetServiceAccount. This command takes two arguments, the Service Name and the Account Name. Add False to the end of the command to make the change persist through a reboot.

SetServiceAccount <ServiceName> <AccountName> false

For example: SetServiceAccount Pandora john@smith.com false

In order to do this programmatically, it may be necessary to retrieve a list of all service accounts available on the server. To do this, there is a command BrowseServiceAccounts that operates just like any other browse command where it takes a <start> and <count> argument. There is an additional, optional third argument where a specific service can be specified by name or GUID.

For example:

BrowseServiceAccounts 1 10 would retrieve 10 accounts starting at 1.

BrowseServiceAccounts 11 10 would retrieve 10 accounts starting at 11.

BrowseServiceAccounts 1 5 Pandora would retrieve up to 5 Pandora accounts, if any exist.

A standard response would look like:

In XML mode, the response looks like:

As with all MMS control commands, it must be sent to port 5004 on the MMS. It must be followed by a carriage return and a line feed. Once sent, simply browse the service in question normally and the specified account will be preselected for you.