Apple QuickTime Streaming Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 26)

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“Error Log” shows error and informational messages. Use this log to troubleshoot problems
with the server.
“Access Log” shows the number of times each media file has been accessed, when it was
accessed, and who has accessed it since the log was reset. Access errors are also reported in
the log. Currently, MP3 client connections are not displayed. A raw MP3 access log can be
viewed by looking in /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Logs/mp3_access.log (for Mac OS X),
c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\Logs\ (for Windows), or /var/streaming/Logs/
mp3_access.log (for other supported platforms).
You can specify that each log be reset after a certain number of days or after it reaches a
certain size (in KB).
Viewing Error Logs and Access History
If logging is turned on in the Logging Settings pane of Streaming Server Admin, information
about access and errors is saved to log files.
m Click Error Log or Access History to choose which log you want to view.
The information stored in the access log can be analyzed using software from other vendors.
The access history log is updated only as client connections are disconnected. Any currently
connected clients at the time of a power failure or server crash are never logged, and won’t
appear in the access log when the server is restarted.
These logs and some additional logs you might find useful are, with the exception noted
below, stored in the following locations:
Mac OS X:
/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Logs/
Windows:
c:\Program Files\Darwin StreamingServer\Logs\
Other supported platforms:
/var/streaming/Logs/
The default file names are as follows:
Error Log:
Error.log
QuickTime movie and broadcast requests log:
StreamingServer.log
Streaming MP3 requests log:
mp3_access.log
Streaming admin server requests log: streamingadminserver.log
Playlists log (one per play list): playlistname.err
where playlistname is the name of the playlist.
The playlists log is stored in the following locations (where playlistname is the name of
the play list):
Mac OS X: /Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Playlists/playlistname/
Windows: c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\Logs\
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