Apple QuickTime Streaming Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 65)

Setup Example 65
3 Click Broadcast and, if necessary, start QTSS using Streaming Server Admin from the
laptop’s browser by typing in the browser window
http://streamingserverip:1220
where
streamingserverip
is the IP address of the streaming server.
Then enter the user name and password and click Start Server.
To find out if the live stream can be seen from a client, open QuickTime Player on one of the
client computers and do the following:
1 Choose Open URL in New Player from the File menu.
2 Enter the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) URL displayed in the Location section of
the QuickTime Broadcaster window (for example,
rtsp://myserver.com/mystream.sdp).
Note: The URL is case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as displayed in the QuickTime
Broadcaster window.
The live stream should start playing in QuickTime Player.
Step 6: Test Your Setup
The last step is to test the setup. This should be done as realistically as possible.
m Set up your equipment just as it will be used for the live presentation, if possible in the
actual location to be used.
m Ask a colleague to stand in for the presenter, or better yet, have the presenter take part in
the test, making it a “dress rehearsal.”
m Check the video image and the sound.
m Check that clients both on the local network and on the Internet can tune in to the live
stream.
m Adjust the camera and microphone positions and lighting as necessary and troubleshoot
any other problems.
Creating a Web Page for Easy Access
Enabling access from a web page eliminates the cumbersome process for students of
remembering the RTSP URL and names of the streaming server and SDP files.
In our example setup, the web page can be added to the existing university web site, but it can
reside on any web server. Then students can access the live presentation (and the archived
presentations, too) by simply clicking on links that show up in their browser windows.
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