Processing EZ Proxy Logs and IIS Web Server Logs with Sawmill Professional

Posted by Derrick on January 30, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Processing EZ Proxy logs and IIS Web Server logs with Sawmill Professional is something that many individuals, organizations, and companies can do.  Recently I taught a 1-Day On-site Sawmill Professional Training at the University of Central Florida.  There organization wanted to take advantage of Sawmill Professional’s capabilities for processing various types of logs and their need to process EZ Proxy Logs and IIS Web Server logs was a high priority. Class attendees were taught how to create profiles for EZ Proxy logs and IIS Web Server logs. The great benefit of Sawmill Professional is it makes processing these log type very easy. When users create a profile for EZ Proxy logs or IIS Web Server logs, Sawmill will help guide the user by providing options for choosing the correct log type. Once the profile is created a database will be built and then users can dive into report creation.

In addition to learning how to process EZ Proxy logs and IIS Web Server logs, students also learned how to also process Wowza Media Server Pro logs, Windows Firewall logs, Filezilla FTP Server logs, and Apache Server Logs.  Attendees were able to learn how to take advantage of Sawmill Professional for creating custom reports for gathering visitor demographics, web page views, troubleshooting errors, videos analytics, FTP server info and other items

In the training students also learned techniques such as:

• Creating Macros for Repetitive Tasks and Reports
• Creating Customized Single Page Reports
• Customizing Navigation within Reports
• Exporting Report Tables to .CSV files
• Scheduling Repetitive Tasks
• Creating Profiles from logs on an FTP Server
• How to Utilize Filters
• Setting up DNS for Resolving Domain Names
• Creating User Accounts for Remote Log-in
• Customizing Statistics and Manager Roles for Users

Call Freeman Compression Inc. 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com if you’d like to attend one of our Sawmill Professional Training classes. You’ll learn how to take advantage of using Sawmill Professional for processing EZ Proxy logs, IIS Web Server logs, Wowza Media Server Pro logs, Windows Firewall logs, Filezilla FTP Server logs, or Apache Server Logs. You can attend one of on-line classes or attend one of our trainings in Orlando. You can also arrange for an on-site training at your location.

Adding Video MIME types to Windows 2003 Server for Downloadable Streaming

Posted by Derrick217 on October 8, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

For those that are using the Windows 2003 Server and you desire to use the formats such as Flash (.FLV), and MPEG-4 and H.264 (.mp4) for download streaming you’ll need to add these MIME types to your server before you can stream your content.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to do it:

Option #1 for Adding MIME types- at the Global Level

If you need to add a MIME type for a Web Server that uses IIS such as Windows 2003 Server first go to Administrative Tools and choose Internet Information Services (IIS). Once you get in the IIS Window you can add your MIME type by selecting the local computer and choosing the Action pull-down menu and selecting Properties.

Next go in and add your MIME type by clicking the MIME Types button.

Once in the MIME types dialog you can add your MIME type by clicking the New button and adding the format extension plus the MIME type. For example, for Flash Video you would type in .FLV for the extension and video/x-flv for the MIME type.

Option #2 for Adding MIME types – At the Web Directory level

For adding a MIME type at the Web Directory Level you go to Administrative Tools and choose Internet Information Services (IIS).

Select the Web Sites Folder in the IIS Manager and choose the Action Pull-down menu and select Properties.

Click the HTTP Headers Tab and go in and select the MIME Types button on the bottom of the dialog.

Now you can click the New button and add you MIME type. Use the same process you used for adding a MIME at the Global level.