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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In most cases you should not modify the SDP file manually. However, if you change anything
about the media you’re streaming, you must delete the SDP file, let the broadcast software
create a new SDP file, and then copy this new SDP file to the media directory on your
streaming server.
For more information on SDP files, search the web for RFC SDP or RFC RTSP.
Streaming Live Media
Live media requires minimal preparation as long as you have the correct equipment.
To stream live media:
1 Connect the audio or video equipment to the computer you’re using to capture and encode
the live signal.
2 Set up your broadcast software following the instructions that came with it.
If you’re using QuickTime Broadcaster and the Automatic Unicast (Announce) transmission
method, the broadcast software creates a Session Description Protocol (SDP) file
automatically, if needed. For more information, see “Using Automatic Unicast (Announce)
With QTSS or DSS on a Separate Computer” on page 43.
If your broadcast software does not have this feature, you must create an SDP file on the
computer you use to capture and encode the live signal. See the instructions that came with
your broadcast software.
3 Copy the SDP file to your streaming server computer.
Be sure to copy the file into the media directory you’re using for streaming.
4 Make sure the streaming server is running.
5 Start the broadcast software following the instructions that came with it.
6 Test the broadcast by connecting to your streaming server with client software.
Give users an RTSP URL to your SDP file, or an HTTP URL to the QuickTime reference movie
that you placed on your web server. If you want the streamed media to show on a web page,
set up the web page by using the EMBED tag or creating a separate QuickTime reference
movie (for more information about setting up a web page, see “Setting Up a Web Page With
Streamed Media” on page 32.
Viewing Streamed Media From a Client Computer
To view streaming media, users must have QuickTime 4 or later installed.
To view media from a client computer:
1 Open QuickTime Player.
2 Choose Open URL from the File menu.
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