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
Contents
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Security 39
Resetting the Streaming Server Admin User Name and Password 39
Controlling Access to Streamed Media 40
Creating an Access File 40
What Clients Need to Access Protected Media 42
Adding User Accounts and Passwords 42
Adding or Deleting Groups 42
Making Changes to the User or Group File 42
Installing SSL 43
Using Automatic Unicast (Announce) With QTSS or DSS on a Separate Computer 43
Executing a Command With sudo 44
Streaming on Port 80 45
Firewalls and Networks With Address Translation 45
Problems 45
Streaming Server Admin Is Not Responding 46
The Server Doesn’t Start Up or Quits Unexpectedly 46
The Streaming Server Computer Crashes or Is Restarted 46
Media Files Do Not Stream Properly 46
Streaming Performance Seems Slow 47
Users Can’t Connect to Your Broadcast 47
Users See Error Messages While Streaming Media 47
Users Can’t See Live Streamed Media 48
You’re Having Problems With Playlists 48
Advanced 49
How do I bind the Streaming Server Admin computer to a single IP address if my machine
is multihomed? 49
How do I bind QTSS or DSS to a single IP address if my machine is multihomed? 50
How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in Mac OS X Server?
51
How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in Mac OS X Server? 51
How do I get QTSS to re-read its preferences without killing or restarting the server? 52
How do I configure QTSS to host streams from multiple user media directories? 52
3 Setup Example 55
Streaming Presentations—Live and On Demand 55
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