General Setup
View and configure your RealServer's basic settings: Ports; Logging
(including Client GUID management); HTTP Delivery; IP Binding; MIME
Types; Mount Points; Connection Control; ISP Hosting; and User/Group
ID (UNIX platforms only).
Broadcasting
Set your encoder options. Set up live archiving and configure your
Server for live broadcasting.
Splitting
Set up your Splitting control list and sources. Push or pull
splitting allows more people to see your content, with better
quality.
Multicasting
Configure multicasting. Multicasting is a bandwidth-conserving
method of sending a single live stream to only those clients who
request the data. Multicasting conserves bandwidth. In contrast,
regular unicasting transmission sends a stream to each player who
requests it.
Cache
Configure media caching. Caching enables live content to be viewed
with better quality of service by more people, while conserving
bandwidth. By default, all local content on a RealServer is cached.
Security
RealServer security features let you control access to your content
in different ways: by restricting specific IP addresses, or by
requiring a password. RealServer user authentication commerce can be
used for commercial applications such as rigorous tracking of user
demographics, pay-per-view events, music distribution, distance
learning, premium content subscription, programmed music videos,
karaoke, and restricted executive briefings.
Advertising
The optional Advertising Application is a powerful RealServer
feature that delivers targeted rich-media advertising within the
RealPlayer, and gives you the ability to generate additional
revenue by streaming targeted ads in conjunction with your
streaming media content.
View Source
The View Source feature allows users of RealPlayer (7.0 and above)
to view the source code for SMIL presentations or information about
media clips. Users can explore how to create their own SMIL files,
and content creators can troubleshoot their SMIL files. The content
browsing feature displays a Web-based list of all on-demand content
that your Server can stream.
|