System information
11Chapter 1 Introducing Mac OS X Server
The graphical workow editor, Podcast Composer, leads you through the steps of
dening video-based Podcast Producer workows. You graphically choose the intro,
title, and exit videos; specify dierent transitions and eects between videos; and
view real-time titles and eects. You can add watermarks and overlays to your Podcast
content. Your workow also species encoding formats and targets distribution via
wiki, iTunes U, or Podcast Library for your nished podcast.
Podcast Producer 2 lets users record dual video sources using the Podcast Capture
application on a Mac or the new Podcast Capture web application on a Mac, iPhone,
or Windows computer. Apple provides several picture-in-picture templates, or you can
create your own.
Podcast Library lets your server store podcasts and deliver them to viewers through
RSS and Atom feeds. For example, your podcasts can feed directly from your server
through iTunes U. Atom feeds simplify distributing multiple podcast versions, such as
iPod, Apple TV, and audio only, because each Atom feed can contain multiple versions
and the viewer’s playback device automatically picks the best version.
Podcast Producer 2 and the services it relies on, including Xgrid, can be congured for
high availability by setting up failover servers and using an Xsan le system.
Wiki Server 2
Mac OS X Server includes web services that make it easy for users to create and
distribute information through shared wiki websites. Users can easily view, search,
and edit wiki content in their web browsers. They can add, delete, edit, and format wiki
content naturally—without knowing markup codes or special syntax. With a few clicks,
they can attach les and images, publish to podcasts, assign keywords, and link to
other wiki pages or other websites.