VBrick Systems ETV v4.1 manual Port Requirements, Linux PCs, Operating System Browser †

Linux PCs

If configured with the appropriate components, Linux PCs running Fedora or Red Hat (on Firefox) can play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 streams. However, the Portal Server must download Linux components to each-end user desktop before any streams will play. This should only be performed by a system administrator. When you access the Portal Server for the first time, you will see a message in the embedded player window indicating that the appropriate plugins are not installed. See "Installing Linux Components" in the Portal Server Release Notes for detailed instructions. On Linux PCs, Portal Server functionality is the same as in Windows except that the Add Video feature is not available. Table 3 shows the stream types supported for each environment; Table 4 shows the operating systems that are tested and supported. Note that there are certain performance limitations in Linux environments; see the ETV Portal Server Release Notes for information and recommendations.

Table 3. Supported Stream Types – Macintosh and Linux

Environment	Supported Streams	Closed Captions
Macintosh †	Safari – MPEG-1, MPEG-2,	Supported for MPEG-1/MPEG-2 streams,
	MPEG-4, WM ††.	and for MPEG-4 with VBrick plugin.
	Firefox – MPEG-1,	Supported for MPEG-1/MPEG-2 streams,
	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WM.	and for MPEG-4 with VBrick plugin.
Linux	Firefox – MPEG-1,	Supported for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
	MPEG-2, MPEG-4.	streams.

†Intel-based Macintoshes play all streams except WM. †† RTSPU is not supported.

Table 4. Supported Operating Systems and Browsers – Macintosh and Linux

Operating System		Browser †
Mac OS X 10.4	(Tiger)	Safari 2.0, Firefox 1.0
Mac OS X 10.3	(Panther)	Safari 1.2, Firefox 1.0
Linux Red Hat 9.0		Firefox 1.0
Linux Fedora Core 3		Firefox 1.0
Linux Fedora Core 4		Firefox 1.0

†Use version shown or higher.

Port Requirements

The drawing below, and the table that follows, show the required port configuration for various Portal Server devices. All ports in the drawing are TCP except as noted.

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