User`s guide

Broadcasting

QuickTime Built-in Server

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Actions

When you have Announce to QuickTime Streaming Server selected, the gear icon has

these three actions:

• Open in QuickTime Player This opens the stream in QuickTime Player. This is a

handy shortcut and saves you from typing “rtsp://…” into QuickTime Player.

• Save Movie This saves a QuickTime movie to disk that contains a reference to the

configured stream. This Movie file is very small and tells QuickTime where to find

your actual stream. It does not contain the data of your movie. When you are not

streaming, this movie will not work for your users. But, you can send this movie to

your users or post it on your Website so that your users can view your stream when

you are broadcasting.

• Save Multi-stream Reference Movie This saves a QuickTime movie to disk that

contains a reference to all of your QuickTime Streaming Server streams. You can

send this movie to your users, or post it on your Website, so that your users can

view all your streams. QuickTime chooses which stream to use based upon the

users settings. This is a very handy way to broadcast multiple bit-rates at the same

time.

QuickTime Built-in Server

Wirecast provides the free Darwin Streaming Server from Apple. When you use the

Built-in Streaming Server it is running on your local computer and uses local resources,

causing Wirecast to run slower.

The Built-in Server enables each of your users to connect directly to your computer. If

you do not have sufficient bandwidth you won’t be able to host many viewers (one or

two over DSL, perhaps up to five or ten on a local network). If you plan to have many