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D13898.07
NOVEMBER 2008
TANDBERG CONTENT SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Table of
Contents
Introduction Installation Quick Setup
TCS
Administration
Backing up and
Restoring
Administrator
Settings
Conference
Setup
View
Conferences
Appendices
Server Settings
Conguration Options
Adding Windows Media Streaming Server
Click on Add Windows Media Streaming Server
to create a new server for streaming Windows
Media.
Only Windows Media Streaming Servers are
supported for streaming Windows Media
content off the TANDBERG Content Server.
The conguration 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 (Support
Live Unicast Streaming option) or a multicast
(Support Live Multicast Streaming option)
connection.
Please note that unicast streaming can be
congured for either the local or an external
Windows Media Streaming Server, but
mulitcast streaming can only be congured with
the local Windows Media Streaming Server.
Before you can start delivering your live content
as a multicast stream, you need to check with
your network administrator that your network is
multicast enabled.
Name. Enter a descriptive name for the server.
The server name will be used in a template
when selecting a media server. This eld 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 eld is
required.
Support Live Unicast Streaming. Select if the
server is to support live unicast streaming.
Once selected the Media Server will be
available to choose in the Live Media Server
Settings for templates that stream Windows
Media.
Support Live Multicast Streaming. Select
if the server is to support live multicast
streaming. Once selected the Media Server
will be available to choose in the Live Media
Server Settings for templates that stream
Windows Media. If you select this option, the
Unicast and On Demand options will become
unavailable, so you cannot create a multicast
and on demand streaming server as one Media
Server.
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.