User`s guide

Broadcasting

Flash Queue (Flash Streaming)

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QuickTime Destinations

There are five destinations offered with QuickTime:

• Announce to QuickTime Streaming Server The QuickTime Streaming Server (or

Darwin Streaming Server) resides on a second computer and acts as what is called a

reflector. From within Wirecast, you send your broadcast to this one server and it, in

turn, sends the broadcast to the many viewers that you have. You must use the

QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server if you want to broadcast a QuickTime stream

live to multiple viewers.

• Built-in Streaming Server The Built-in Server enables each of your users to con-

nect directly to your computer.

• Unicast You can configure Wirecast to send a broadcast to a single second com-

puter. This is called Unicasting.

• Multicast You can configure Wirecast to broadcast so that any computer on your

local network can receive the broadcast. This is called Multicasting. You cannot

Multicast to the Internet, only to the local network on which your computer resides.

• Record to Disk You can record your broadcast to disk. You can do this whether or

not you are broadcasting to another computer.

Flash Log Files

Wirecast generates log files when streaming to a flash-based destination. The files are

generated in a rotating fashion with file names of flash_log.txt, flash_log_1.txt,

flash_log_2.txt, etc. Technical support may ask for these log files when attempting to

diagnose a flash connection issue.

Log file locations:

• Windows 7 and Vista

C:\users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Wirecast\flash_log.txt

• Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Application Data\Wirecast\flash_log.txt

Flash Queue (Flash Streaming)

When configuring your broadcast to use Flash streaming, Wirecast displays a Flash

queue in the main window: