VBrick Systems V4.4.3 manual Configuring a QuickTime Streaming Server, Http

	Global Settings
Supports HTTP	VOD-W only. Determines whether or not the server supports
Tunneling?	HTTP tunneling. Default = checked. Go to Global Assignments to
	actually enable HTTP tunneling. See "Assign LAN/Internet
	Address Range > Always use TCP protocol for MPEG-4 content"
	in Global Assignments on page 21. Uncheck if you are using a
	VOD-W server installed before Portal Server v4.2.
Web Service Port	The Portal Server and the VOD-W communicate using a web
(HTTP)	service configured to use port 80 by default. If you choose to
	tunnel over port 80, you must use a different port for the web
	service communication using this parameter. You must configure
	the VOD-W to use this same port for the web service. See "Using
	HTTP Tunneling" in the VOD-W Admin Guide for more details.
Enable URL Password	VOD-W only. Default = unchecked. To enable URL password
Protection	protection, check the box and enter and confirm a password. The
	password must match the password configured on the VOD-W server.
	Default password = vbrickkey. If checked, all video requests sent to
	VOD-W servers by the ETV Portal Server will have a security
	token embedded in the URL. The VOD-W server will validate and
	deny the request if the token is absent or invalid.

Configuring a QuickTime Streaming Server

A Darwin Streaming Server runs on Windows Server and other platforms and is configured on the Portal Server Admin pages. A Darwin server is the open source version of Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server. It is supported by the open source community and not by Apple. Darwin servers are compatible with Linux, Windows, and Macintosh desktops. They ingest and play MPEG-4 content only and require an FTP server (see Creating a VOD-D FTP Server on page 38.) For more about downloading, installing, and configuring a Darwin server, go to http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html

A QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) is a Unix-based device that runs on Mac OS X. QTSS is delivered as part of Mac OS X Server and provides enhanced administration and media management tools that are not available as part of the open source project. The following instructions explain how to configure a QuickTime Server so that it is fully compatible with the VBrick Portal Server. When properly configured, the Portal Server will recognize, display, and play content stored on the QTSS and will record content to the QTSS. A QuickTime Streaming service is part of Mac OS X Server. It is not related to the Portal Server application and is configured separately. This procedure has been tested on Mac OS X 10.5. It may work on other Mac OS X versions but this has not been verified by VBrick.

Note This procedure explains how to configure the QTSS to work with the ETV Portal Server. It assumes you have a working administrator knowledge of Mac OS X. You can use other methods but this is the only method used and tested by VBrick.

A typical installation of QuickTime Streaming Service (QTSS) under Mac OS X Server will set the default content to be served from \Library\QuickTimeStreaming\Movies. A typical installation of FTP service will set the default Authenticated users see to FTP Root And Share Points and the FTP Root to /Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot. These defaults must be modified as explained below.

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