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How To Perform Streaming on Mac

Table of Contents
Software Needed
Get Ready To Broadcast
Recording Broadcast
How To Create a Link to a Stream
Uploading Clips to a Server
Problems Viewing Broadcast

Software Needed:

Quicktime Broadcaster

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/broadcaster

Quicktime Player

http://www.apple.com/quickime/products/qt

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Get Ready To Broadcast

1. Open Quicktime Broadcaster

2. Click on Network Tab.

3. Insert In Host Name: The name of the server being used for streaming

loudest.ituner.com

4. Insert in the File Name: The name of the broadcast

/"name_of_the_gallery"/"name_of_the_broadcast"

5. Type in the username and password

These will be given to each member of DNA

6. Click on Video if using video in streaming

7. Change source of video

Note: Other options listed may need to be adjusted according to the video source.

8. Click on Audio tab if using audio in the streaming

9. Choose the source of the audio

10. Click on Broadcast

The video and or audio sources are being sent to the host allowing the stream. The host in this example is ituner,com

Record Broadcast

Steps 1- 10 from above.

11. Click on Record to Disk box that is located below the preview window and to the right of the broadcast button.

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How To Create A Link To A Stream

1. While broadcasting go to File->Export->Movie

2. Double - Click on the new .mov that was just created from the previous step.

The broadcast will be saved as a .mov. The .mov can be opened in various applications. The .mov is a actually a link to the streaming server, which is broadcasting the stream.

Another way of viewing the broadcast is by directly entering in the URL of the file on the streaming server into the quicktime player.

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Uploading Clips To the Server

Software Needed: Any Ftp software

Suggested software: SSH/SFTP client Fugu

http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu

Steps for uploading

1. Make sure that the clip is hinted for streaming.

What is Hinting? The movie clip needs to be saved in a way that the streaming server can understand. A german speaking person will not understand everything that a mandrian speaking person is saying. There needs to be a translator.

Translators? Good translator for movies is Quicktime Professional and iMovies. Export movies as quicktime for streaming.

2. Open the application used for ftp. Fugu is used in the examples.

3. Drag and Drop the hinted movie onto the server.

4. Create a link to the clip on the server by using quicktime and entering in the URL to open.

THe URL is rtsp://"the_server_name"/"Name_of_gallery"/"name_of_the_clip"

5. Export movie the same way as above.

6. Embed new .mov, created from the clip stored on the server, into a web page or open it directly. Can also include the URL directly into the web page as a link.

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Having Problems Viewing Broadcast With Quicktime.

Problem: Can not view the broadcast in the quicktime player.

Solution: Check to see if the broadcast is still broadcasting.

Check the quicktime preferences. Make sure the transport is set to HTTP.

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