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Appendix B Creating Manifest Files
Manifest File Structure and Syntax
playServerTable
The <playServerTable> </playServerTable> tag set is optional and provides a means for you to set
default mappings for a variety of media types. Mappings can be set for both MIME-type content (the
preferred mapping) and file extensions. Playserver tables allow you to override default mappings on the
Service Engine for content types from a particular origin server. Playservers can be any one of the
following streaming servers: WMT, HTTP, QTSS, or FMS. If no <playServerTable> tag is configured in
the Manifest file, a default <playServerTable> tag is used.
Note Flash Media Streaming (FMS) is a Release 2.1 feature; therefore, this feature is not available in Release
2.0.
Using the Manifest file, you can map groups of single items as well as individual content objects to an
installed playserver. The following are content item and Manifest file playserver mappings:
• Content item URL
Playserver mappings appear immediately after the origin server name in place of the default
<CdnManifest> tag.
• Manifest file as an attribute of the <item> or <item-group> tag
Playserver mappings placed at this location are identified using the playServer attribute and only
apply to the named item or group of items.
• Manifest file as a playserver table
Mappings are grouped within the <playServerTable> and <playServer> tags and are applied to
content served from the origin server as directed by the Manifest file.
• System-level
Playserver mappings are configured during CDS software startup.
The <playServerTable> tags are enclosed within the <CdnManifest> tags and name at least one of four
playservers, such as RealServer, to which certain MIME-types and file extensions are mapped.
Attributes
None
Subelements
The <playServerTable> element must contain at least one <playServer> tag.
playServer
The <playServer> </playServer> tag set is required for the <playServerTable> tag and names the media
server type on the Service Engine that is responsible for playing the content types and files with
extensions mapped to it using the <contentType> tags. The <playServer> tag is enclosed within
<playServerTable> tags.