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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12 Click “Log this playlist’s activity” if you want a log of the playlist’s activity.
13 Click “Send this playlist to a broadcast server” if you want to relay the broadcast to another
streaming server. Enter the name and password, if required. A password is required only for
MP3 playlists.
14 Click Save Changes to save the new playlist.
Changing a Playlist
You can change a saved playlist of movies or MP3 audio tracks.
To edit a playlist:
1 Click Playlists in Streaming Server Admin.
2 Click a playlist name.
3 Click Edit Playlist.
4 Choose a play mode from the pop-up menu.
5 Enter a number in the Repetition field to set how often an item can repeat.
6 If this is an MP3 playlist, choose a category from the Genre pop-up menu.
7 To add an item to the playlist, drag it from the Available Media column into the Items in This
Playlist column.
8 To remove an item from the playlist, click it in the Items in This Playlist column, then click
Remove Item.
9 Drag items up or down in the list to change the order in which they’re played.
10 Use the Weight column to establish the weight for items (if you’re broadcasting randomly).
11 Click “Log this playlist’s activity” if you want a log of the playlist’s activity.
12 Click “Send this playlist to a broadcast server” if you want to relay the broadcast to another
streaming server. Enter the name and password, if required. A password is required only for
MP3 playlists.
13 Click Save Changes to save your changes to the playlist.
If you make changes to a playlist that is currently running, you need to stop and restart the
playlist.
Deleting a Playlist
You can delete a saved playlist of movies or MP3 audio tracks by following these steps.
1 Click Playlists in Streaming Server Admin.
2 Select the name of the playlist you want to delete.
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