Field

 

 

Field description

 

 

Usage tips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Select to use FTP to transfer

 

 

Choose this option if the streaming server is

location

 

 

media files to an external

 

 

on, or can access a shared drive on, an

 

 

 

 

streaming server.

 

 

external server that is running an FTP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for example /movies/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User name

 

 

The username to authenticate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the FTP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password/password

 

 

The password to authenticate

 

 

 

 

confirm

 

 

to the FTP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use default on

 

 

Select to use on demand URLs

 

 

 

 

demand URLs

 

 

generated by the Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use alternate on

 

 

Select to supply your own

 

 

 

 

demand URLs

 

 

URLs for on demand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

streaming; that is, if the on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

demand URLs require different

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

path or filename information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from that generated by the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content Server. Enter the URLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for the Main and Dual video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

streams and choose whether

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the filename will be appended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the alternate URLs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media server configuration: QuickTime or Darwin Streaming Server

The Content Server default installation supports only HTTP-based on demand streaming of MPEG-4 for QuickTime from its local IIS web server. An external server must be set up for live unicast and true

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