Adding & editing Media server configurations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Field description

Usage tips

 

 

 

URLs for Main and Dual video

Server. The QuickTime or Darwin Streaming

 

 

 

streams and choose whether

Server uses this file to know how to stream

 

 

 

you want the filename (in this

the media.)

 

 

 

case the sdp filename) to be

 

 

 

 

appended to the alternate URL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live multicast streaming settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multicast IP address

A destination multicast IP

 

 

 

 

address in the range 224.0.0.1

 

 

 

 

to 239.255.255.255. The

 

 

 

 

multicast address depends on

 

 

 

 

the network configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Streaming port

The port number for the start

 

 

 

range start

streaming port range between

 

 

 

 

10000 and 65000. It must be an

 

 

 

 

even number.

 

 

 

TTL

The multicast time to live (TTL)

This value tells the network how far multicast

 

 

 

threshold.

packets should be allowed to travel across

 

 

 

 

the network. The default threshold is LAN

 

 

 

 

(TTL=32). The value “Subnet” (TTL=1)

 

 

 

 

means that packets do not pass the first

 

 

 

 

network router and should mean a multicast

 

 

 

 

stream is viewable on any network, even

 

 

 

 

those not enabled for multicast, where the

 

 

 

 

client is on the same subnet as the Content

 

 

 

 

Server.

 

 

 

 

The efficacy of higher values: LAN

 

 

 

 

(TTL=32), WAN (64), Internet (128),

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted (255) depends on the network

 

 

 

 

configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On demand settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write movies to the

Select to have media to be

Do not select this option if you are streaming

 

 

default media

written to the Content Server’s

from an external streaming server.

 

 

location

default media location: this will

You can check the default media storage

 

 

 

either be the E drive of the

location in the Server overview. The default

 

 

 

Content Server or an alternate

media location for MPEG-4 for QuickTime

 

 

 

storage location if you have a

files is (media location)\data\www.

 

 

 

NAS configured.

 

 

 

Write movies to an

Select to write media to an

Choose this option if the streaming server is

 

 

alternate location

external streaming server using

on an external server which has a shared

 

 

 

a shared drive or UNC path.

drive accessible to the Content Server.

 

 

 

 

Enter the shared drive or UNC path, e.g.

 

 

 

 

\\server name\shared in the Alternate path

 

 

 

 

field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTP movies to

Select to use FTP to transfer

Choose this option if the streaming server is

 

 

location

media files to the external

on, or can access a shared drive on, an

 

 

 

streaming server after the call

external server that is running an FTP

 

 

 

has ended.

service.

 

 

 

 

If you select this option, complete the other

 

 

 

 

fields in this section. Then check the FTP

 

 

 

 

upload functionality by clicking Test FTP.

 

 

 

 

FTP upload is also tested every time the

 

 

 

 

Media server configuration is saved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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