Notes Regarding On Demand Archive And Live Streaming; Configuring Windows Media Player To Receive Streaming Media - Polycom RSS 4000 Getting Started Manual

Notes Regarding On Demand Archive and Live streaming

The UDP ports used for on demand archives and live streaming are randomly chosen
on Polycom® RSS™ 4000. You need to configure firewalls and Windows Media Player
for usage with Polycom® RSS™ 4000 on demand archives and live streaming.

Configuring Windows Media Player to receive streaming media

To use UDP ports to receive streaming media:
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To use TCP ports to receive streaming media:
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Launch Window Media Player on your computer;
Click Tools > Options > Network;
Enable RTSP/UDP (or UDP) and "Use ports", and define the port range.
Open an outbound UDP port range matching what is used by Windows Media Player, or open
all UDP ports outbound from Polycom® RSS™ 4000 to effectively bypass the firewall for
outbound traffic. Also open the port range used by Windows Media Player for inbound traffic to
the viewing PC.
Launch Window Media Player on your computer;
Click Tools > Options > Network;
Disable RTSP/UDP (or UDP).
Disable UDP connections in WMP will force to use TCP Port 554 only.
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