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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Contents
Viewing Streaming Status 22
Starting or Stopping Streaming Service 22
Working With Connected Users 22
Changing Server Settings 23
Controlling QuickTime Broadcaster Remotely 23
Working With General Settings 24
Working With Port Settings 25
Working With Log Settings 25
Viewing Error Logs and Access History 26
Media 27
About Instant-On Streaming 27
Preparing Prerecorded Media 27
Preparing Audio 28
Streaming Media Files With Multiple Sources 28
Streaming File Formats Like .avi, .text, and .wav 28
Exporting a QuickTime Movie as a Hinted Movie 29
Improving the Performance of Hinted Movies 30
Session Description Protocol (SDP) Files 30
Streaming Live Media 31
Viewing Streamed Media From a Client Computer 31
Setting Up a Web Page With Streamed Media 32
Creating Links to MP3 Playlists 33
Bandwidth Considerations 33
Playlists 34
Using Playlists to Broadcast Prerecorded Media 34
Working With Playlist Settings 34
Starting and Stopping Playlists 35
Creating a Playlist 35
Changing a Playlist 36
Deleting a Playlist 36
Relays 37
Working With Relay Settings 37
Setting Up Relays 38
Turning a Relay On or Off 39
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