Adding & editing Media server configurations
Cisco TelePresence Content Server 4.1 printable online
default media
location
Select to have media written to
the Content Server’s default
media location: this will either be
the E drive of the Content
Server or an alternate storage
location if you have a NAS
configured.
Do not choose this option if you are
streaming from an external streaming server.
You can check the default media storage
location in the
Server overview. The default
media location for MPEG-4 for Flash files is
(media location)\data\www.
alternate location
Select to write media to an
external streaming server using
a shared drive or UNC path.
Choose this option if the streaming server is
on an external server which has a shared
drive accessible to the Content Server.
Enter the shared drive or UNC path, e.g.
\\servername\shared in the Alternate path
field.
location
Select to use FTP to transfer
media files to the external
streaming server after the call
has ended.
Choose this option if the streaming server is
on, or can access a shared drive on, an
external server that is running an FTP
service.
If you select this option, complete the other
fields in this section. Then check the FTP
upload functionality by clicking Test FTP.
FTP upload is also tested every time the
Media server configuration is saved.
The IP address or DNS name of
the FTP server.
The port number of the FTP
service. Most FTP servers will
The directory relative to the root
FTP directory on the FTP
server. The directory should be
specified using forward slashes
as in a URL, e.g. /movies/.
If left blank, files will be uploaded to the root
FTP directory.
The username to authenticate to
the FTP server.
confirm
The password to authenticate to
the FTP server.
demand URLs
Select to use on demand URLs
generated by the Content
Server.
If you select this option, also enter the
Application directory.
directory
The name of the directory
created under applications on
the Wowza Media Server to
stream on demand. This
directory is used in the default
If the Wowza Media server has been set up
following Cisco recommendations, this
directory is called vod.
demand URLs
Select to supply your own URLs
for on demand streaming; that
is, if the On Demand URLs for
this Media server require
different path or filename
