Start Media Server

NOTE: Your License Server must be running before you start Media Server.

TIP: You can configure services to start automatically when you start the machine.

To start Media Server

  • Start Media Server from the command line using the following command:

    mediaserver.exe -configfile configname.cfg

    where the optional -configfile argument specifies the path of a configuration file to use.

  • On Windows, if you have installed Media Server as a service, start the service from the Windows Services dialog box.
  • On Linux, if you have installed Media Server as a service, use one of the following commands:

    • On machines that use systemd:

      systemctl start mediaserver

    • On machines that use system V:

      service mediaserver start

  • On Linux you can use the script start-mediaserver.sh which is provided in the installation directory.