Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server manual User Interface

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Managing Your Streaming Server

This chapter provides information you need to complete your setup and manage your streaming server. Topics covered include

musing the administration tool Streaming Server Admin

mworking with media

mdealing with security issues

msolving common problems

The last section answers questions raised by more advanced users.

User Interface

To set up and manage QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) and Darwin Streaming Server (DSS), you use the web-based Streaming Server Admin application. This tool provides a standard graphical user interface for all supported platforms and allows you to administer the streaming server locally or remotely.

Working With Streaming Server Admin

Streaming Server Admin is a web-based user interface (UI) in which you can change general settings, create and serve playlists, monitor connected users, view log files, manage bandwidth usage, relay a stream from one server to another for scalability, and control QuickTime Broadcaster remotely. Because the interface is web-based, you can administer your server and QuickTime Broadcaster from anywhere by connecting from any computer with compatible software and with Internet access.

To configure and administer your server:

1From Mac OS X Server, click the Streaming Server Admin icon in the Dock. From a server with QuickTime Streaming Server or Darwin Streaming Server installed, open your web browser. From a remote computer, open Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.5 or later, Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator version 4.x or later, or Mozilla 1.0 or later.

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