Setting up a Local Player

You will need to setup a player that will play any playlists you create in the Mediacaster Manager first. To do this, click the ‘Start’ in Windows. Browse to Programs/Isenzo/Mediacaster/Setup/Player Setup.

 

 

This will load the main Player administration interface:

Enter the IP Address of your Player. In this guide we are installing the Player, Manager and Server NT Service on the same PC therefore the IP Address ‘127.0.0.1’ can be used. This is a loop-back IP address and refers back to the same machine and will enable you to easily setup a typical Mediacaster network on one PC. In this scenario you also do not have to change your PC IP address.

Leave the port number at ‘5555’. The port number is used when you have more than one player behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) router/firewall, for example a DSL connected multi-player installation. In that case the router will need to be set up to forward different port numbers to different PC’s on the LAN side of the router.

Enter the FTP server IP Address. In this guide we are using the same PC for the FTP server, the Player and the Server/Manager/Designer/Scheduler. The IP Address ‘127.0.0.1’ can be used to refer to the same PC.

Enter the same FTP username and password in the ‘FTP Username’ & ‘FTP Password’ text fields that you entered when setting up the FTP server.

Enter the ‘FTP Directory’. In this guide we are using a simplified example and therefore you can use the root as the directory, so enter ‘/’. Note to use a forward slash, not a backslash.

Do not change any of the default settings for now.

The only one you may want to change is ‘Start Player When Windows Starts’. If you are setting up the manager and player on a single machine please deselect this feature.

The Player setup above represents a simple Player setup. There are more advanced features available in the Player setup. For a full explanation of these click here.