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D13898.06
MAY 2008
TANDBERG
CONTENT SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Server Settings
Configuration Options
Adding Windows Media Streaming Server
Click on the
Add Windows Media Streaming
Server
to create a new server for streaming
Windows Media.
The configuration options for your Windows
Media streaming server include live and on
demand streaming.
Live streams can be sent to Windows Media
Player clients using either a unicast or a
multicast connection.
There are two options for configuring the
Content Server for live multicast delivery:
Multicast streaming on a dynamically
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assigned IP address.
The Content Server
will use the first two octets of the IP address
specified in the Destination multicast IP
address of the WMS Multicast Data Writer
properties, but it will dynamically assign
the last two octets, eg. if an IP address like
10.0.1.1 is specified, the Content Server
may use any addresses in the 10.0 range for
multicast streaming.
Multicast streaming on a fixed IP address.
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If
a Multicast IP address and port is specified
in the Advanced Live Multicast Settings,
the Content Server will stream to this IP
address.
SERVER SETTINGS
Name.
Enter a descriptive name for the server.
The server name will be used in a template
when selecting a media server. This field is
required.
Server Address.
Enter the DNS name or the
IP address of the server. Use (local) if it is on
this TANDBERG Content Server. This field is
required.
Support Live Streaming.
Select if the server is
to support live streaming. Once selected the
Media Server will be available to choose in the
Live Media Server Settings for templates that
stream Windows Media.
Advanced Live Multicast Settings.
Select if you
would like your multicast content to stream on a
fixed IP address.
Support On Demand.
Select if the server is to
support on demand streaming. Once selected
the Media Server will be available to choose
in the On Demand Media Server Settings for
templates that stream Windows Media.
Unicast
is the default live streaming
option for the default Local Windows
Media Streaming Server. Unicast
connections are one-to one connections
between each Windows Media Player client and
the server. Each unicast client that connects to
the server takes up additional bandwidth.
In
multicast
delivery, the server sends only one
stream which reaches all player clients at the
same time. There is no additional overhead for
the server regardless of whether one or more
clients are connected.
Multicast delivery is generally used for
broadcasting live streams on a corporate
network and will only work if all routers on the
network are multicast enabled.
