Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server User Manual

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Contents

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Resetting the Streaming Server Admin User Name and Password 39

Controlling Access to Streamed Media 40

Creating an Access File 40

What Clients Need to Access Protected Media 42

Adding User Accounts and Passwords 42

Adding or Deleting Groups 42

Making Changes to the User or Group File 42

Installing SSL 43

Using Automatic Unicast (Announce) With QTSS or DSS on a Separate Computer 43

Executing a Command With sudo 44

Streaming on Port 80 45

Firewalls and Networks With Address Translation 45

Streaming Server Admin Is Not Responding 46

The Server Doesn’t Start Up or Quits Unexpectedly 46

The Streaming Server Computer Crashes or Is Restarted 46

Media Files Do Not Stream Properly 46

Streaming Performance Seems Slow 47

Users Can’t Connect to Your Broadcast 47

Users See Error Messages While Streaming Media 47

Users Can’t See Live Streamed Media 48

You’re Having Problems With Playlists 48

How do I bind the Streaming Server Admin computer to a single IP address if my machine

is multihomed? 49

How do I bind QTSS or DSS to a single IP address if my machine is multihomed? 50

How do I kill and restart the QuickTime Streaming Server processes in Mac OS X Server?

How do I kill and restart Streaming Server Admin processes in Mac OS X Server? 51

How do I get QTSS to re-read its preferences without killing or restarting the server? 52

How do I configure QTSS to host streams from multiple user media directories? 52

Setup Example 55

Streaming Presentations—Live and On Demand 55

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