Step by step instructions for using FastVDO's SmartCast with Apple's Darwin Streaming
Server.

    1. Setting up your SmartCast:
       1) Connect the SmartCast box to your router with the  Ethernet cable (provided).
       2) Connect the audio video source to the SmartCast box with the RCA cable (provided).
       3) Power up the SmartCast box with the power supply(provided).
       4) After power up, the PWR and LINK LED should be glowing solid.
       5) Register with SmartCast control center and add your SmartCast to your account.
       6) Configure the required SmartCast parameters for streaming on Channel Settings.
       7) Set Stream Format to Elementary stream.
       8) Generate the SDP file and copy the session description text to a new text file and
           name it "myStream.sdp"
       9) Start streaming to the server's IP address. Use server's internal IP address if the
           server is within the same subnet as SmartCast or use the server's external IP
           address and make sure the ports used for streaming are forwarded to the server's
           internal IP address.

   2) Setting up Darwin server:
      1) For installation help see, http://streaming411.com/wiki/Darwin_Streaming_Server
      2) Copy the generated sdp file to the Darwin Streaming Server "Movies" directory.
      3) Change the IP address in the SDP file to server's internal IP address

   3) Setting up Quicktime to receive the stream:
      1) In Quicktime click on File->Open URL
      2) Use the URL "rtsp://myserver/mystream.sdp", ; replace "myserver" with the IP
          address or domain name of the streaming server. If the receiver is not in the same
          subnet, use the external IP address of the server.


Troubleshooting:
To check if SmartCast is streaming properly:
   1) Refresh the channel settings page to see the bit rate activity in the statistics section
   2) If the bitrates are too low check the audio video cable connection

To check if the server is receiving the stream:
   1) On Linux servers run "tcpdump port [port_number]" as root to check if the stream data
       is being received. On windows servers use tools like wireshark to capture the n/w
       interface.
   2) If there is no data received make sure the port forwarding on the router is set properly,
       ports are open for UDP streams and n/w devices are added to safe n/w interface list.

To receive streams on Quicktime:
   1) Make sure the port 80 or 554 whichever used by darwin server to handle client
       connection is open and forwarded to the server
   2) Check if the player is able to receive test VoD streams in the movies folder