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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Glossary
This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations you may encounter while working
with online help or the QTSS and DSS Administrator’s Guide. References to terms defined
elsewhere in the glossary appear in italics.
A
access file A text file called qtaccess that contains information about users and groups
who are authorized to view media in the directory in which the access file is stored.
administrator A user with server or directory domain administration privileges.
administrator computer A computer with server administrator software installed that
can be used to configure and manage another computer.
announced broadcast A method such as Automatic Unicast (Announce) enabling a
broadcaster to negotiate with a server to accept a broadcast.
AppleScript A scripting language with English-like syntax, used to write script files that can
control your computer. AppleScript is part of the Mac operating system and is included on
every Macintosh.
Automatic Unicast (Announce) A method of delivering a broadcast to a streaming
server in which an SDP file is automatically copied and kept current on the server. A
broadcast user name and password must be created before starting such a broadcast.
AVI (Audio Visual Interleave) A Windows video file format.
B
bandwidth The capacity of a network connection, measured in bits or bytes per second, for
carrying data.
bit A single piece of information, with a value of either 0 or 1.
bit rate The speed at which bits are transmitted on a network, usually expressed in bits per
second.
broadcast Transmitting one copy of a stream over the whole network.
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