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 83
QuickTime streaming 7–14
See also streaming
QuickTime Streaming course 14
QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS)
See also streaming servers
administering. See Streaming Server Admin
application
binding to IP address 50
described 12
features 12–13
killing processes 51
MP3 files and 28
multiple media directories 52–53
obtaining 15
problems with 46
QuickTime Broadcaster and 9
requirements for 17, 59–60
re-reading preferences 52
restarting processes 51
setting up 15–19, 59–62
support 13, 14
version 4 12–13
version 4.1 13
QuickTimeStreamingServer file 46
QuickTime Streaming Server product page 13
QuickTime web site 22
R
RAID storage systems 60
RAM 17, 59
real-time streaming 7, 8
Real-Time Streaming Protocol. See RTSP
Real-Time Transport Protocol. See RTP
RedHat Linux 17
reference movie 32
relayed broadcasts 11, 35, 46
“Relay Name” setting 37
relays 37–39
default 37, 46
names 37
settings 37–38
setting up 38
streamed media 11
support for 13
turning off 39
turning on 39
uses for 11
via TCP 38
via UDP 38
Relay Settings pane 37–39
“Relay via TCP” setting 38
“Relay via UDP” setting 38
remote administration 18
remote broadcasts 23–24
remote control 16
remote servers 16
“Repetition” setting 35
“Request incoming stream” setting 37
resolution 63
resources 13–14
root user 44–45
routers 43
RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) 7, 14
RTP payload encoder 30
RTP standard 14
RTP streams 33
RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) 7, 14, 52
RTSP standard 14
RTSP URLs 31, 32, 53
S
.sdp extension 34
SDP files
copying 31
creation of 24, 30, 31, 43
deleting 31
described 30
location of 48
modifying 31
playlists and 48
pointers to 38
purpose of 62
“Secure Administration” setting 24
Secure Sockets Layer. See SSL
security 39–45
access control 40–43
Automatic Unicast (Announce)
method 43–44
certificate file 24, 43
command execution with sudo 44–45
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