Adding & editing Media server configurations
Cisco TelePresence Content Server 4.1 printable online
for Server G2 is "encoder", and for Server 90
is "broadcast".
URLs
Select to supply your own URLs
for live streaming. Enter the
URLs for Main and Dual video
streams and choose whether
you wish the filename to be
appended to the alternate URL.
On demand settings
default media
location
Select this to write media 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 Real Media 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\share in the Alternate path
field.
location
Choose 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.
Password/Password
confirm
The password to authenticate to
the FTP server.
demand URLs
Select to use the default on
demand URLs generated by the
Content Server.
If you select this option, also enter the
Broadcast point.
The Broadcast point for the
streaming server. This is used in
the default live URL.
If you have not manually changed it on your
external server, the broadcast mount point
for Server G2 is "encoder", and for Server 90
