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
86 Index
capture 17
streaming 8–9
video cameras 11
video files 59
W
“Wait for announced stream(s)” setting 37
.wav format 28–29
web browsers
administering server from 21
Internet Explorer 21
Mozilla 21
Netscape Communicator 21
Netscape Navigator 21
QuickTime plug-in 9
remote management of QTSS 59
viewing streamed media through 32
webcasting setup 55–67
web pages
embedding streaming media in 32–33
MP3 playlists on 33
playing streamed media over 9
webcast access from 65
web servers 15
web sites
AppleCare support 14
Darwin Streaming Server 13, 15, 22
Internet Engineering Task Force 14
Mac OS X Server AppleCare support page 13
QuickTime 22
QuickTime Broadcaster 16, 64
QuickTime Instructional site 14
QuickTime Services 14
QuickTime Streaming Server 13
RTP standard 14
RTSP standard 14
“Weighted Random” mode 35, 48, 49
WinAmp 16
Windows 2000 systems 17
Windows-based systems 9, 17, 26
Windows NT systems 17
wireless connections 57
X
XLR plugs 63
Xserve server 16, 17, 56
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