Adding & editing Media server configurations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Field description

Usage tips

 

 

On demand settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write movies to the

Select to have media written to

Do not choose this option if you are

 

 

default media

the Content Server’s default

streaming from an external streaming server.

 

 

location

media location: this will either be

You can check the default media storage

 

 

 

 

the E drive of the Content

location in the Server overview. The default

 

 

 

 

Server or an alternate storage

media location for MPEG-4 for Flash files is

 

 

 

 

location if you have a NAS

(media location)\data\www.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

\\servername\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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server address

The IP address or DNS name of

 

 

 

 

 

the FTP server.

 

 

 

Port

The port number of the FTP

 

 

 

 

 

service. Most FTP servers will

 

 

 

 

 

use port 21.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directory

The directory relative to the root

If left blank, files will be uploaded to the root

 

 

 

 

FTP directory on the FTP

FTP directory.

 

 

 

 

server. The directory should be

 

 

 

 

 

specified using forward slashes

 

 

 

 

 

as in a URL, e.g. /movies/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User name

The username to authenticate to

 

 

 

 

 

the FTP server.

 

 

 

Password/Password

The password to authenticate to

 

 

 

confirm

the FTP server.

 

 

 

Use default on

Select to use on demand URLs

If you select this option, also enter the

 

 

demand URLs

generated by the Content

Application directory.

 

 

 

 

Server.

 

 

 

Application

The name of the directory

If the Wowza Media server has been set up

 

 

directory

created under applications on

following Cisco recommendations, this

 

 

 

 

the Wowza Media Server to

directory is called vod.

 

 

 

 

stream on demand. This

 

 

 

 

 

directory is used in the default

 

 

 

 

 

on demand URL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use alternate on

Select to supply your own URLs

 

 

 

demand URLs

for on demand streaming; that

 

 

 

 

 

is, if the On Demand URLs for

 

 

 

 

 

this Media server require

 

 

 

 

 

different path or filename

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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