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This chapter assumes that you understand the elements of a proxy caching deployment, which are explained in
Chapter 3‚ Understanding Media-IXT and RealNetworks, and feature implementation for RealNetworks media
streaming, which is explained in Chapter 4‚ Understanding Media-IXT and WMT.
In this chapter, we provide configuration procedures for RealNetworks media streaming, following the same
order of topics as the previous chapters:
• “Configuring RealPlayer to use a proxy” below
• “Configuration variables” on page 63
• “Configuring Media-IXT for streaming over HTTP” on page 64
• “Configuring RealProxy” on page 65
• “Configuring transparent proxy caching for RealNetworks” on page 66
• “Configuring reverse proxy caching for RealNetworks” on page 66
• “Configuring hierarchical proxy caching for RealNetworks” on page 68
• “Configuring live passthrough in a reverse proxy deployment” on page 71
• “Configuring hierarchical live splitting for RealNetworks” on page 71
• “Configuring selective caching for RealNetworks” on page 71
• “Configuring CDS preload for RealNetworks” on page 74
• “Configuring LDAP authentication for RealNetworks” on page 74
• “Configuring firewalls for RealNetworks” on page 75
Configuring RealPlayer to use a proxy
In explicit proxy caching, the user’s media player must be configured to use Media-IXT as a proxy.
To configure RealPlayer to use a proxy:
1. From the View menu, select Preferences.
7 Configuring Media-IXT for RealNetworks