Adding & editing Media server configurations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Field description

Usage tips

 

 

 

 

the default live URL.

for Server G2 is "encoder", and for Server 90

 

 

 

 

 

is "broadcast".

 

 

Use alternate live

Select to supply your own URLs

 

 

 

URLs

for live streaming. Enter the

 

 

 

 

 

URLs for Main and Dual video

 

 

 

 

 

streams and choose whether

 

 

 

 

 

you wish the filename to be

 

 

 

 

 

appended to the alternate URL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On demand settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write movies to the

Select this to write media to the

Do not choose this option if you are

 

 

default media

Content Server’s default media

streaming from an external streaming server.

 

 

location

location: this will either be the E

You can check the default media storage

 

 

 

 

drive of the Content Server or

location in the Server overview. The default

 

 

 

 

an alternate storage location if

media location for Real Media files is (media

 

 

 

 

you have a NAS configured.

location)\data\www.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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\share in the Alternate path

 

 

 

 

 

field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTP movies to

Choose 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 the default on

If you select this option, also enter the

 

 

demand URLs

demand URLs generated by the

Broadcast point.

 

 

 

 

Content Server.

 

 

 

Broadcast point

The Broadcast point for the

If you have not manually changed it on your

 

 

 

 

streaming server. This is used in

external server, the broadcast mount point

 

 

 

 

the default live URL.

for Server G2 is "encoder", and for Server 90

 

 

 

 

 

is "broadcast".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco TelePresence Content Server 4.1 printable online

Page 69 of 121

 

Page 69
Image 69
Cisco Systems D14595.03 manual Demand URLs generated by