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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Index
A
access control 40–43
access errors 26
access files 40–41
access history log 26
“Access Log” setting 26
address translation 45
administering streaming servers. See Streaming
Server Admin application
administrators 18, 25, 40
AirPort base station 57
Announce (Automatic Unicast) 24, 43–44, 64–65
any-user tag 41
Apache web server 15
AppleCare support 13, 14
Apple skip-protection technology 13, 27
archiving live presentations 66–67
audio
live 8–9
MP3 audio streaming 12
preparing 28
streaming 8–9
audio metafiles 33
authentication
access to streamed media 40–43, 62
basic 25, 42
default 25
digest 25, 40
disabling 40
features 13
overriding global setting 41
AuthScheme keyword 41
Automatic Unicast (Announce) 24, 43–44, 64–65
.avi format 28–29
B
bandwidth
considerations 33
live streaming and 9, 58
networks and 58
relays and 11
bandwidth segments 58
“Base Port” setting 38
basic authentication 25, 42
broadband connections 16, 27
Broadcaster. See QuickTime Broadcaster
Broadcaster Settings pane 23
broadcaster user account 25, 43, 62
broadcasting software 8
broadcasts
See also QuickTime Broadcaster
connecting over HTTP 47
to different streaming server 24
generic webcasting setup 55–67
live 17–18
names 37
over TCP 24
passwords 37
playlists 27–28, 34, 35
play modes 34
prerecorded media 27–28, 34
relayed 11, 35, 46
remote 23–24
starting 24
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