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
Index 81
symbolic links within 52–53
“Media Directory” setting 24
media files
accessing 26
authorized users of 41
hint tracks 30
location of 24
media types in 27
mixing 28
not streaming properly 46–47
URL for 32
user access to 41, 42
memory 17, 59
microphone 62, 63
Microsoft Internet Explorer 21
mount point 34, 37, 38
“Mount Point” setting 34, 37
movie files 48
movie playlists 27, 34
See also playlists
movies
exporting files as 29
hinting 29
QuickTime. See QuickTime movies
reference 32
Mozilla browser 21
mp3_access.log file 26
MP3 access log 26
MP3 broadcasts 18, 25
.mp3 extension 19
MP3 files 19, 27, 28, 48
MP3 players 35
MP3 playlists
See also playlists
broadcasting media in 34
categories 35
creating 35–36
deleting 36
editing 36
links to 33
listening to 16
prerecorded media for 27
.sdp extension and 34
MP3 streaming 12, 48
MPEG-1 files 47
MPEG-4 files 12, 16
MPEG-4 player 16
MPEG-4 playlists 35–36
MPEG-4 streaming 12
multicast 10
“Multicast TTL” setting 38
multimedia 7, 9
N
“Name” setting 34
NATs (Network Address Translators) 43
Net::SSLeay 43
Netscape Communicator 21
Netscape Navigator 21
Network Address Translators (NATs) 43
network cards 60
networks
address translation 45
bandwidth and 58
capacity of 58
local area 38
preparing for live streaming 58
O
on-demand delivery 8
online help 22
OpenSSL library 43
P
passwords
broadcaster user account 25, 62
broadcasts 37
changing for users 42–43
MP3 broadcasts 18, 25
Streaming Server Admin 18, 22, 25, 39
user accounts 42
for viewing media 41
payload encoders 30
performance
enhancements to 13
hinted movies 30
slow streaming 47
players
MP3 35
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