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
80 Index
IP Firewall service 60
IP packets 60
IP subnets 16
iTunes 16
K
killing QTSS processes 51
killing Streaming Server Admin processes 51–52
Knowledge Base articles 13
L
lighting issues 58, 64
lighting kit 62, 64
Linux systems 17
live audio
requirements for 17–18
setup for streaming 8–9
live broadcasting 17–18
live chats 11
live delivery 8
live events 8
live media
streaming 31
unable to see 48
live streaming
audio 8–9
choosing environment for 57–58
concurrent viewers 58
example of 55–67
network setup 58
video 8–9
live video
archiving 66–67
requirements for 17–18
setup for streaming 8–9
shooting 66
live webcasts 55–67
logging, enabling 35, 48
logs
access history 26
error 26
location of 26–27
MP3 access 26
playlists 26–27, 35, 48
QuickTime movie 26
resetting 26
streaming admin server requests 26
streaming MP3 requests 26
looping playlists 47
M
M3U metafiles 33
Macintosh Server G3 17
Macintosh Server G4 17
Mac OS X
DSS binaries/source code 17
logs 26
Mac OS X Server
AppleCare support page 13
killing QTSS processes 51
killing Streaming Server Admin
processes 51–52
QTSS requirements 17
resources 13
restarting QTSS processes 51
restarting Streaming Server Admin
processes 51–52
upgrading 15
“Max. Number of Connections” setting 25
“Max. Throughput” setting 25
Mbone (multicast backbone) 10
media 27–33
bandwidth considerations 33
hinted movies 29–30
instant-on streaming 27
links to MP3 playlists 33
live 31, 48
multiple sources 28
preparing audio 28
prerecorded 27–28, 34
protected 42
SDP files 30
sent over Internet 9
streamed. See streamed media
streaming file formats 28–29
viewing from client computer 31
media directories
disabling authentication for 40
multiple 52–53
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