Adding & editing Media server configurations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Field description

Usage tips

 

 

 

Server settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

A descriptive name for the

The name will be used in the Template and

 

 

 

 

Media server configuration.

Manage outputs pages when selecting a

 

 

 

 

 

Media server configuration. This is a

 

 

 

 

 

required field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support live unicast

Whether the server is to support

If selected, enter the Server address.

 

 

streaming

live unicast streaming and to

Unicast connections are one-to one

 

 

 

 

display the Live unicast

connections between each Windows Media

 

 

 

 

streaming settings section.

Player client and the server: therefore, each

 

 

 

 

 

unicast client that connects to the server

 

 

 

 

 

takes up additional bandwidth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support live

Whether the server is to support

If selected, enter the Server address. In

 

 

multicast streaming

live multicast streaming and to

multicast delivery, the server sends only one

 

 

 

 

display the Live multicast

stream which reaches all player clients

 

 

 

 

streaming settings section. If

simultaneously. There is no additional

 

 

 

 

you select this option, the

overhead for the server regardless of

 

 

 

 

Unicast and On Demand

whether one or more clients are connected.

 

 

 

 

options are unavailable: you

Multicast delivery is generally used for

 

 

 

 

cannot create a multicast and

broadcasting live streams on a corporate

 

 

 

 

on demand streaming server as

network and only works if all routers on the

 

 

 

 

one Media server configuration.

network are multicast enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support on demand

Whether the server is to support

If selected, enter the Server address.

 

 

 

 

on demand streaming and to

 

 

 

 

 

 

display the Live on demand

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings section.

 

 

 

 

Server address

The IP address or DNS name of

 

 

 

 

 

 

the server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live unicast streaming settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User name

The user name to authenticate

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the streaming server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password/password

The password used to

 

 

 

 

confirm

authenticate to the streaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server push

Select to push the live stream to

If selected, complete the other fields in this

 

 

 

 

the streaming server.

section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port

The HTTP port of the streaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

server. If you are using the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content Server' s Windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Streaming Server, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

port is 8080.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publishing points:

Select to have the Content

A publishing point is the means by which

 

 

Create new

Server create new publishing

media is distributed from the Windows

 

 

 

 

points on the streaming server.

Media streaming server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publishing points:

Select to have the Content

 

 

 

 

Create new using

Server create new publishing

 

 

 

 

settings from

points on the streaming server,

 

 

 

 

existing

using the settings from existing

 

 

 

 

 

 

publishing points. Enter the

 

 

 

 

 

 

name of the existing publishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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