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Zixi Broadcaster User Guide
Server Settings
File Transfer & VOD
3min
the file transfer and vod settings screen enables the download of files and the playback of vod content and, in addition, specifies the speed limits (download/upload) the settings in this screen are related to the vod and files screens file transfer and vod settings field description file transfer & vod download enables download of files through the files menu of the zixi broadcaster http input enables http acceleration mode in this mode, instead of specifying a file location on the server’s hard disk, the zixi broadcaster receives an http address from which it will retrieve the file and then transfer it to the client upload enables upload of files through the files menu of the zixi broadcaster automatically index vod files indexes the vod files in the various vod folders in some cases the indexing of vod files can affect performance using this control you can decide when to index the vod files in order to ensure optimal performance during peek times scan on startup indexes the files in the vod folder that have not been indexed during startup of the zixi broadcaster hls indexing enables indexing of hls streams the indexing creates an m3u8 playlist file mpeg dash indexing enables indexing of mpeg dash streams the indexing creates a mpd (mpeg dash media presentation description) file vod enables the vod feature encrypt downloads encrypts files that are downloaded max download speed \[kbps] limits the amount of bandwidth used to download files max upload speed \[kbps] limits the amount of bandwidth used to upload files initial bitrate \[kbps] limits the amount of bandwidth used during initial download/upload (before cache) http/origin cache size \[mb] limits the amount of cache memory that can can be used for cache advanced mode the fields in the table below are optional and available only in advanced mode to enter advanced mode add the url parameter ?advanced=1 to the zixi broadcaster url in your browser and press enter/return to reload the page note the advanced mode settings are generally intended for advanced users and special cases if you do not understand the settings, you should probably accept the default values file transfer & vod menu bitrate cache proxy http port proxy https port aggressiveness \[1 100] {{mtu}} \[bytes]