Web Services and Web Technical Infrastructure

Streaming on Webserve server for professional websites. The IU Webmaster has instructions for Digital Media Streaming Service and a form to request the service on your account. Please read that information before continuing. As an added help, information below is also available. The server is capable of streaming the latest Real, Quicktime, and Windows Media formats.

For more information about streaming media, including hardware and software recommendations and how to create and place content onto the servers, see the Streaming Media pages or the IUB Webmasters Streaming Video pages.

Download Free Basic RealPlayer.

Download Free Helix Producer and install it.

• Audio Streaming Instructions
  • Example Audio streaming
• Video Streaming
  • Example Video streaming
  • IU Northwest is using QuickTime for streaming file.

Streaming

Put file in a folder in the wwwdm area of the professional website with the following link, replacing

• accountname with your professional account name
• foldername with the folder on wwwdm where the streamed file is located (remember to have unique folder names in the wwwdm area and www area - i. e. if your class is f250, use the f250 for your regular web area and name the folder in the wwwdm area, f250-stream or something similar.
• streamingfile.rm with the name-of-your-file.rm.

http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/ip/webaccountname/foldername/streamingfile.rm

Starting and ending parameters

If you have a large file or an audio file with tracks, stream as one file and and use the start and end times. Below is the syntax of the start and end time parameter:

http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/ip/webaccountname/foldername/streamingfile.rm?start=00:01:30&end=01:32:40

Time is expressed as HH:MM:SS.

Copyright and Streaming Media

Although IU Northwest is not IUPUI's Jumpstart Program, the following is a good checklist for using streaming media within your classes. The first 5 are the instructor's duty and the following 6 are the University's duties, which are already in compliance. 5 more checkpoints (# 11 through 15) are specific to our campus.

Checklist: Using the TEACH Act Checklist at IUPUI This document identifies the TEACH Act requirements and summarizes how each requirement may be addressed in the context of the IUPUI Jumpstart Program.