Adding & editing Media server configurations
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Field
Field description
Usage tips
URLs for Main and Dual video
streams and choose whet her
you want the filenam e ( i n this
case the sdp filenam e) t o be
appended to the altern ate URL.
Server. The QuickTim e or Darwin Streaming
Server uses this fil e t o know how to stream
the media.)
Live multicast st reaming settings
Multicast IP address
A destination multicast IP
address in the range 224.0.0.1
to 239.255.255.255. The
multicast address d epends on
the network configu ration.
Streaming port
range start
The port number for th e start
streaming port range be t ween
10000 and 65000. It must be an
even number.
TTL
The multicast tim e to live (TTL)
threshold.
This value tells th e n etwork how far multi ca st
packets should be allo wed to travel across
the network. The defau lt threshold is LAN
(TTL=32). The value “Subnet” (TTL=1)
means that packet s do not pass the first
network router and sh ould mean a multicast
stream is viewable on any network, even
those not enabled for multicast, where th e
client is on the sam e subnet as the Content
Server.
The efficacy of higher values: LAN
(TTL=32), WAN (64), I nte r ne t ( 12 8) ,
Unrestricted (255) depends on the network
configuration.
On demand settings
Write movies to the
default media
location
Select to have media t o be
written to the Cont en t Server’s
default media location: this will
either be the E drive of th e
Content Server or an alt e rnate
storage location if yo u have a
NAS configured.
Do not select this opt ion if you are streamin g
from an external stream ing server.
You can check the defau lt media storage
location in the Server overview. The default
media location for MPE G-4 for QuickTime
files is (media locat ion)\data\www.
Write movies to an
alternate location
Select to write media t o an
external streaming server using
a shared drive or UNC path .
Choose this option if the streaming server is
on an external server which has a shared
drive accessible to t he Content Server.
Enter the shared d rive or UNC path, e.g.
\\server name\shared in t he Alternate path
field.
FTP movies to
location
Select to use FTP to t ransfer
media files to the extern al
streaming server aft er the call
has ended.
Choose this option if the streaming server is
on, or can access a sh ared drive on, an
external server that is running an FTP
service.
If you select this opt ion, complete the oth er
fields in this section. Then check the FTP
upload functionality by clicking Test FTP.
FTP upload is also test ed every time the
Media server configu ration is saved.