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Index
A
access control 40–43
access errors 26
access files 40–41
access history log 26
“Access Log” setting 26
address translation 45
administering streaming servers. See Streaming
Server Admin application
administrators 18, 25, 40
AirPort base station 57
Announce (Automatic Unicast) 24, 43–44, 64–65
any-user tag 41
Apache web server 15
AppleCare support 13, 14
Apple skip-protection technology 13, 27
archiving live presentations 66–67
audio
live 8–9
MP3 audio streaming 12
preparing 28
streaming 8–9
audio metafiles 33
authentication
access to streamed media 40–43, 62
basic 25, 42 default 25 digest 25, 40
disabling 40
features 13
overriding global setting 41
AuthScheme keyword 41
Automatic Unicast (Announce) 24, 43–44, 64–65
.avi format 28–29
B bandwidth
considerations 33
live streaming and 9, 58
networks and 58
relays and 11
bandwidth segments 58
“Base Port” setting 38
basic authentication 25, 42
broadband connections 16, 27
Broadcaster. See QuickTime Broadcaster
Broadcaster Settings pane 23
broadcaster user account 25, 43, 62
broadcasting software 8
broadcasts
See also QuickTime Broadcaster
connecting over HTTP 47
to different streaming server 24
generic webcasting setup 55–67
live 17–18
names 37
over TCP 24
passwords 37
playlists 27–28, 34, 35
play modes 34
prerecorded media 27–28, 34
relayed 11, 35, 46
remote 23–24
starting 24
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stopping 24
unable to connect to 47
viewing 24
browsers. See web browsers
C
cable modems 33
cameras
DV. See DV camera
tripod 62, 63
video 11
CCDs (charge-coupled devices) 62
certificate file 24, 43
“Change Admin Username/Password” setting 25
“Change Movie Broadcast Password” setting 25
“Change MP3 Broadcast Password” setting 25
charge-coupled devices (CCDs) 62
clean install 15
client computers
access to streaming servers 57
media sent to 9
multicast vs. unicast transport 10
requirements for 16
viewing live streams 65
viewing streamed media 31
codecs 29
command execution, with sudo 44–45
computers
client. See client computers
IP address of 37
multihomed 49–50
source 37
subnets 16
Concurrent Version System (CVS) archive 13
configuring streaming servers 21–22
Connected Users pane 22
connections
broadband 16, 27
broadcast 47
cable modem 33 data rates 33
dropped 48
DSL 33
Ethernet 58, 60
HTTP 12, 45, 47
maximum number of 25, 46, 47, 48
wireless 57
CVS (Concurrent Version System) archive 13
D
Darwin Streaming Server (DSS)
See also streaming servers administering. See Streaming Server Admin
application
binaries 17
binding to IP address 50
described 12 features 12–13
MP3 files and 28
non-Mac OS X upgrade 16
obtaining 15
problems with 46
QuickTime Broadcaster and 9
requirements for 17
running on non-Mac OS X platforms 16
setting up 15–19
source code 13, 17 support 13
version 4 12–13
version 4.1 13
web site 15, 22
DarwinStreamingServer file 46
data rates 33
“Default Authentication Scheme” setting 25
“Default Relay” setting 37, 46
deleting items
groups 42
playlists 36
SDP files 31
users from user/group file 42
delivery, live 8 delivery, on-demand 8
digest authentication 25, 40
Digitial Subscriber Line (DSL) 33
disk space 17, 59, 67
DNS hostname 37
DSL (Digitial Subscriber Line) 33
DSS. See Darwin Streaming Server
DV camera
live webcasts 62–64
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QuickTime Broadcaster and 64
streaming presentations 56
E
eMac 17
EMBED tag 32
Error.log file 26
error code 401 42
error code 404 47
error code 415 48 error code 453 48 error code 454 48 error code –5420 48
error log 26
“Error Log” setting 26
errors
See also troubleshooting
access 26
listed 47–48
server busy 25
while streaming media 47–48
Ethernet cards 60
Ethernet connections 58, 60
events, live 8
exporting items
files as movies 29
QuickTime movies 28
QuickTime movies as hinted movies 29–30
F file formats
streaming 28–29
files
access 40–41
exporting as movies 29
hinting 28–29
MP3 19, 27, 28, 48
MPEG-1 47
MPEG-4 12, 16
SDP. See SDP files
firewalls 43, 45, 60–61
Firewire output 63
Firewire ports 56
Firewire technology 17
G
general settings 24–25
“Genre” setting 35
group file 41, 42–43 groups 41, 42
H
hard disk space 17, 59–60, 67
hardware requirements 16–18, 59–60
headphone jack 63 headphones 63
help, online 22
hinted files 28–29, 48
hinted movies
exporting QuickTime movies as 29–30
performance 30
hinted MPEG-1 files 47
hinting
MP3 files and 27
purpose of 28
uses for 29 hint tracks 29–30
hostname 22
HREF attribute 32
HTTP connections 12, 45, 47
HTTP downloads 48
HTTP traffic 61
HTTP URL 31
HUP signal 52
I
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) 14
iMac 17
iMovie 66–67
compressing/encoding DV footage 67
live presentations 57
instant-on streaming 13, 16, 27
Internet, multimedia sent over 9
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 14
Internet Explorer 21
IP addresses
binding QTSS/DSS to 50
source computer 37
Streaming Server Admin 22, 49–50
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IP Firewall service 60
IP packets 60
IP subnets 16 iTunes 16
K
killing QTSS processes 51 killing Streaming Server Admin processes 51–52
Knowledge Base articles 13
L
lighting issues 58, 64
lighting kit 62, 64
Linux systems 17
live audio
requirements for 17–18
setup for streaming 8–9
live broadcasting 17–18
live chats 11
live delivery 8 live events 8
live media
streaming 31
unable to see 48
live streaming
audio 8–9
choosing environment for 57–58
concurrent viewers 58
example of 55–67
network setup 58
video 8–9
live video
archiving 66–67
requirements for 17–18
setup for streaming 8–9
shooting 66
live webcasts 55–67
logging, enabling 35, 48
logs
access history 26 error 26 location of 26–27
MP3 access 26 playlists 26–27, 35, 48
QuickTime movie 26 resetting 26 streaming admin server requests 26 streaming MP3 requests 26
looping playlists 47
M
M3U metafiles 33
Macintosh Server G3 17
Macintosh Server G4 17
Mac OS X
DSS binaries/source code 17
logs 26
Mac OS X Server
AppleCare support page 13
killing QTSS processes 51 killing Streaming Server Admin processes 51–52
QTSS requirements 17
resources 13
restarting QTSS processes 51 restarting Streaming Server Admin processes 51–52
upgrading 15
“Max. Number of Connections” setting 25
“Max. Throughput” setting 25
Mbone (multicast backbone) 10
media 27–33
bandwidth considerations 33
hinted movies 29–30
instant-on streaming 27
links to MP3 playlists 33
live 31, 48
multiple sources 28 preparing audio 28
prerecorded 27–28, 34
protected 42
SDP files 30
sent over Internet 9
streamed. See streamed media
streaming file formats 28–29
viewing from client computer 31
media directories
disabling authentication for 40
multiple 52–53
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symbolic links within 52–53
“Media Directory” setting 24
media files
accessing 26
authorized users of 41
hint tracks 30
location of 24
media types in 27
mixing 28
not streaming properly 46–47
URL for 32
user access to 41, 42
memory 17, 59
microphone 62, 63
Microsoft Internet Explorer 21
mount point 34, 37, 38
“Mount Point” setting 34, 37
movie files 48
movie playlists 27, 34
See also playlists
movies
exporting files as 29 hinting 29
QuickTime. See QuickTime movies
reference 32
Mozilla browser 21
mp3_access.log file 26
MP3 access log 26
MP3 broadcasts 18, 25
.mp3 extension 19
MP3 files 19, 27, 28, 48
MP3 players 35
MP3 playlists
See also playlists
broadcasting media in 34
categories 35 creating 35–36
deleting 36 editing 36
links to 33
listening to 16
prerecorded media for 27
.sdp extension and 34
MP3 streaming 12, 48
MPEG-1 files 47
MPEG-4 files 12, 16
MPEG-4 player 16
MPEG-4 playlists 35–36
MPEG-4 streaming 12
multicast 10
“Multicast TTL” setting 38
multimedia 7, 9
N
“Name” setting 34
NATs (Network Address Translators) 43
Net::SSLeay 43
Netscape Communicator 21
Netscape Navigator 21
Network Address Translators (NATs) 43
network cards 60
networks
address translation 45
bandwidth and 58 capacity of 58
local area 38
preparing for live streaming 58
O
on-demand delivery 8
online help 22
OpenSSL library 43
P passwords
broadcaster user account 25, 62
broadcasts 37
changing for users 42–43
MP3 broadcasts 18, 25
Streaming Server Admin 18, 22, 25, 39
user accounts 42
for viewing media 41
payload encoders 30
performance
enhancements to 13
hinted movies 30
slow streaming 47
players
MP3 35
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MPEG-4 16
QuickTime. See QuickTime Player
PlaylistBroadcaster process 48
playlistname.err file 26–27
playlists 34–37
access to 40
broadcasting prerecorded media with 34
creating 35–36
deleting 36
described 34
editing 36
links to 33
looping 47
movie 27
MP3. See MP3 playlists
MPEG-4 35–36
names 34
preparing prerecorded media for 27–28
problems with 48–49
relaying broadcasts 35 removing items from 35
server-side 13
settings 34–35
starting 35, 46 stopping 35
playlists log 26–27, 35, 48
“Play Mode” setting 34
PLS metafiles 33
plug-ins, QuickTime 9, 47
port 80, streaming over 18, 25, 45, 61
ports
base 38
Firewire 56
UDP 38
used by QTSS/DSS 61
Power Mac G3 17
Power Mac G4 17
preferences 52
prerecorded media 27–28
presentations, streaming 55–67
presets directory 23
problems. See troubleshooting
proxies 43
Q
qtaccess file 40–41, 43–44
qtgroups file 39, 42
QTSS. See QuickTime Streaming Server
qtusers file 41
QuickTime Broadcaster
See also broadcasts
controlling remotely 23–24
described 12
live audio/video setup 9
live presentations 57
non-headless mode 24
obtaining 16, 64
presets 23, 24
QTSS/DSS and 9
remote control of 16
requirements for 17–18
setting up 16, 64–65
streaming presentations 56
video capture 17
web site 16, 64
QuickTime client software 16
“QuickTime for the Web” 14
QuickTime Instructional web site 14
QuickTime movie log 26
QuickTime movies
See also movies
exporting 28
exporting as hinted movies 29–30
sample 19
self-contained 28
QuickTime payload encoder 30
QuickTime Player
described 12
exporting QuickTime movies as hinted movies 30
viewing media from clients 31
viewing movies 19
viewing streamed media on 9
QuickTime plug-in 9, 47
QuickTime Pro
described 12
included with “QuickTime for the Web” 14
QuickTime product suite 11
QuickTime Services web site 14
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QuickTime streaming 7–14
See also streaming
QuickTime Streaming course 14
QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS)
See also streaming servers administering. See Streaming Server Admin
application
binding to IP address 50
described 12 features 12–13
killing processes 51
MP3 files and 28
multiple media directories 52–53
obtaining 15
problems with 46
QuickTime Broadcaster and 9
requirements for 17, 59–60
re-reading preferences 52
restarting processes 51
setting up 15–19, 59–62
support 13, 14
version 4 12–13
version 4.1 13
QuickTimeStreamingServer file 46
QuickTime Streaming Server product page 13
QuickTime web site 22
R
RAID storage systems 60
RAM 17, 59
real-time streaming 7, 8
Real-Time Streaming Protocol. See RTSP
Real-Time Transport Protocol. See RTP
RedHat Linux 17
reference movie 32
relayed broadcasts 11, 35, 46
“Relay Name” setting 37 relays 37–39 default 37, 46 names 37 settings 37–38
setting up 38
streamed media 11
support for 13
turning off 39 turning on 39
uses for 11
via TCP 38 via UDP 38
Relay Settings pane 37–39
“Relay via TCP” setting 38
“Relay via UDP” setting 38
remote administration 18
remote broadcasts 23–24
remote control 16 remote servers 16
“Repetition” setting 35
“Request incoming stream” setting 37
resolution 63
resources 13–14
root user 44–45
routers 43
RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) 7, 14
RTP payload encoder 30
RTP standard 14
RTP streams 33
RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) 7, 14, 52
RTSP standard 14
RTSP URLs 31, 32, 53
S
.sdp extension 34
SDP files
copying 31
creation of 24, 30, 31, 43
deleting 31
described 30
location of 48
modifying 31
playlists and 48
pointers to 38
purpose of 62
“Secure Administration” setting 24
Secure Sockets Layer. See SSL
security 39–45
access control 40–43
Automatic Unicast (Announce) method 43–44
certificate file 24, 43
command execution with sudo 44–45
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firewalls 43, 45
Net::SSLeay 43
networks with address translation 45
OpenSSL library 43
passwords. See passwords
proxies 43
resetting Admin user name/password 39
Secure Sockets Layer 43
streaming on port 80 45
user accounts 42–43
“Sequential Looped” mode 34, 49
“Sequential” mode 34
server administrators 18, 25, 40
servers
Apache 15
busy 25, 48
connection dropped 48
maximum throughput of 25
not running 48
remote 16
streaming. See streaming servers
subnets 16
Xserve 16, 17, 56
server-side playlists 13
Session Description Protocol files. See SDP files
skip-protection technology 13, 27
software requirements 16–18, 59
Solaris systems 17
“Source Hostname or IP Address” setting 37
SRC attribute 32
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) 24, 43
SSL certificate 18
“Status: _ Enabled” setting 37
streamed media
controlling access to 40–43
embedding in web pages 32–33
errors during 47–48
live 31
relaying 11
viewing from client computer 31
streaming
See also QuickTime streaming
codecs 29
instant-on 13, 16, 27
live. See live streaming
MP3 12, 48
MPEG-4 12
over port 80 18, 25, 45, 61
overview 7–9
poor performance 47
process for 9–11
quality of 13
real-time 7, 8
streamingadminserver.log file 26
streamingadminserver.pl script 46
streamingadminserver process 51–52
streaming admin server requests log 26
streaming file formats 28–29
streaming files 59
streaming media files 28 streaming movies 28
streaming MP3 playlists 16
streaming MP3 requests log 26
“Streaming on Port 80” setting 25
streaming presentations 55–67
Streaming Proxy settings 46
StreamingServer.log file 26
Streaming Server Admin application 21–27
binding to single IP address 49–50
changing server settings 23
configuring server 21–22
connected users 22–23
controlling QuickTime Broadcaster remotely 23–24
described 21
general settings 24–25
killing processes 51–52
log settings 25–27
new features 12, 13
password 18, 22, 25, 39
port settings 25
problems with 46
relay settings 37–39
re-reading QTSS preferences 52
resetting user name/password 39
restarting processes 51–52
starting streaming service 22 stopping streaming service 22
streaming server setup 18–19 user name 18, 22, 25, 39
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viewing server activity 22
working with 21–22
streaming servers
See also Darwin Streaming Server; QuickTime
Streaming Server; servers
administering. See Streaming Server Admin
application
advanced topics 49–53
changing settings for 23
connected users 22–23
considerations 59–62
creating user accounts on 43–44
general settings 24–25
log settings 25–27
mailing lists 14
overview 7–8
port settings 25
problems with 46
remote administration 18
requirements for 17, 59–60
restricting access to 62
setting up 15–19, 59–62
testing setup 19
viewing activity 22
streaming service
changing settings for 23
starting 22 stopping 22
streaming service providers 14
Streaming Transport settings 46
sudo 44–45
playlists 48–49
Streaming Server Admin 46 streaming servers 46
TTL (time-to-live) 38
T
T1 lines 58
TCP
broadcasts over 24
relay via 38
.text format 28–29
time-to-live (TTL) 38
tracks, hint 29–30
tripod 62, 63
troubleshooting 45–49
See also errors
live streamed media 48
media files 46–47
U
UDP packets 45
UDP ports 38
UDP streams 37
unicast 10
URLs
HTTP 31
media files 32
RTSP 31, 32, 53
specified in SRC attribute 32
Streaming Server Admin computer 22
unable to locate 47
user accounts
adding 42
broadcaster 25, 43, 62
creating 43–44
passwords 42
User Datagram Protocol. See UDP
user file 41, 42–43
“User Name/Password” setting 37
user names
authorized users 41
Streaming Server Admin 18, 22, 25, 39
users
access control 40–43
broadcast 25
changing password 42–43
connected 22–23
deleting from user/group file 42
messages for 41
multiple media directories 52–53
unable to connect to broadcast 47
unable to see live streamed media 48
viewing media 41
working with 22–23
V
valid-user tag 41
video
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capture 17
streaming 8–9
video cameras 11
video files 59
W
“Wait for announced stream(s)” setting 37
.wav format 28–29
web browsers
administering server from 21
Internet Explorer 21
Mozilla 21
Netscape Communicator 21
Netscape Navigator 21
QuickTime plug-in 9
remote management of QTSS 59
viewing streamed media through 32
webcasting setup 55–67
web pages
embedding streaming media in 32–33
MP3 playlists on 33
playing streamed media over 9
webcast access from 65
web servers 15
web sites
AppleCare support 14
Darwin Streaming Server 13, 15, 22
Internet Engineering Task Force 14
Mac OS X Server AppleCare support page 13
QuickTime 22
QuickTime Broadcaster 16, 64
QuickTime Instructional site 14
QuickTime Services 14
QuickTime Streaming Server 13
RTP standard 14
RTSP standard 14
“Weighted Random” mode 35, 48, 49
WinAmp 16
Windows 2000 systems 17
Windows-based systems 9, 17, 26
Windows NT systems 17
wireless connections 57
X
XLR plugs 63
Xserve server 16, 17, 56
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