Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- QuickTime Streaming
- Getting Started
- Managing Your Streaming Server
- User Interface
- Working With Streaming Server Admin
- Viewing Streaming Status
- Starting or Stopping Streaming Service
- Working With Connected Users
- Changing Server Settings
- Controlling QuickTime Broadcaster Remotely
- Working With General Settings
- Working With Port Settings
- Working With Log Settings
- Viewing Error Logs and Access History
- Media
- About Instant-On Streaming
- Preparing Prerecorded Media
- Preparing Audio
- Streaming Media Files With Multiple Sources
- Streaming File Formats Like .avi, .text, and .wav
- Exporting a QuickTime Movie as a Hinted Movie
- Improving the Performance of Hinted Movies
- Session Description Protocol (SDP) Files
- Streaming Live Media
- Viewing Streamed Media From a Client Computer
- Setting Up a Web Page With Streamed Media
- Creating Links to MP3 Playlists
- Bandwidth Considerations
- Playlists
- Relays
- Security
- Resetting the Streaming Server Admin User Name and Password
- Controlling Access to Streamed Media
- Creating an Access File
- What Clients Need to Access Protected Media
- Adding User Accounts and Passwords
- Adding or Deleting Groups
- Making Changes to the User or Group File
- Installing SSL
- Using Automatic Unicast (Announce) With QTSS or DSS on a Separate Computer
- Executing a Command With sudo
- Streaming on Port 80
- Firewalls and Networks With Address Translation
- Problems
- Streaming Server Admin Is Not Responding
- The Server Doesn’t Start Up or Quits Unexpectedly
- The Streaming Server Computer Crashes or Is Restarted
- Media Files Do Not Stream Properly
- Streaming Performance Seems Slow
- Users Can’t Connect to Your Broadcast
- Users See Error Messages While Streaming Media
- Users Can’t See Live Streamed Media
- You’re Having Problems With Playlists
- Advanced
- How do I bind the Streaming Server Admin computer to a single IP address if my machine is multiho...
- How do I bind QTSS or DSS to a single IP address if my machine is multihomed?
- How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in Mac OS X Server?
- How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in Mac OS X Server?
- How do I get QTSS to re-read its preferences without killing or restarting the server?
- How do I configure QTSS to host streams from multiple user media directories?
- User Interface
- Setup Example
- Glossary
- Index
18 Chapter 1
m 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended for professional broadcasting).
m QuickTime 6 or later.
Setting Up Your Streaming Server
Follow these steps to set up your streaming server:
1 From Mac OS X Server, click the Streaming Server Admin icon in the Dock. From a server
with QuickTime Streaming Server or Darwin Streaming Server installed, open your web
browser. From a remote computer, open Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.5 or later,
Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator version 4.x or later, or Mozilla 1.0 or later.
2 Enter the URL for your Streaming Server Admin computer. For example:
http://hostname:1220
where hostname is the hostname or IP address of your streaming server computer and
1220 is the port number.
The first time you run Streaming Server Admin, the Setup Assistant prompts you for a user
name and password.
Note: For help on administering your streaming server software, select the question mark
on any Streaming Server Admin page.
3 After entering and reentering a new user name and password in the Assign Username/
Password page, click Set Password.
Note: You will use this user name and password to administer the streaming server.
The MP3 Broadcast Password page appears.
4 Enter and reenter a new password.
You will use this password when you send an MP3 stream to your streaming server.
5 Click Next.
The Secure Administration page appears. Enable this option only if you are administering
your server remotely and have an SSL certificate installed for secure remote administration.
For more information on secure mode operation, see “Installing SSL” on page 43.
6 Click Next.
The Media Folder page appears. Note the default path. This is where you place media you
want to stream.
7 Click Next.
The Streaming on Port 80 page appears. Enable port 80 if you intend to allow content to be
viewed from outside the local area network (that is, from the Internet). For information on
the pros and cons of choosing this option, see “Streaming on Port 80” on page 45.
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