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
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For Windows, install the certificate in c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming
Server\streamingadminserver.pem.
For other supported platforms, install the certificate in /etc/streaming/
streamingadminserver.pem.
“Max. Number of Connections” lets you set the maximum number of connections. When this
number is reached, users who try to connect see a message that the server is busy (error
453).
“Max. Throughput” lets you set the maximum throughput of the server. If the maximum
throughput is reached, no one else can connect. Users who try to connect see a message that
the server is busy (error 453).
“Default Authentication Scheme” lets you choose between basic or digest. By default, the
server uses the more secure digest authentication. However, digest authentication requires
that users connect with QuickTime 5 or later. Basic authentication is less secure than digest
but is compatible with earlier versions of QuickTime.
“Change Admin Username/Password” lets you change the server administrator’s user name
and password.
“Change Movie Broadcast Password” lets you create or update a broadcast user account on
the streaming server. This account allows an SDP file to be created on the server. You can
then broadcast from QuickTime Broadcaster to QuickTime Streaming Server running on a
separate computer using the Automatic Unicast (Announce) transmission method.
Note: Using this feature will overwrite any existing access controls that the user has placed
on the QTSS Movies directory. The qtaccess file is overwritten when the user name/password
change is made.
“Change MP3 Broadcast Password” lets you change the password required to send an MP3
broadcast stream. The MP3 broadcast password cannot contain spaces.
Working With Port Settings
You can view and change port settings in Streaming Server Admin.
m To see the port settings, click Port Settings.
“Streaming on Port 80” lets you serve QuickTime streams over HTTP port 80. If you need to
serve streams past firewalls, you may need to enable streaming on port 80. If your computer
is also running a web server, enabling streaming on port 80 causes a port conflict that results
in one or both of the servers’ not behaving properly.
Working With Log Settings
You can view logs and change log settings in Streaming Server Admin.
m To see the log settings, click Log Settings.
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