It's best to have a dedicated QuickTime or Darwin Streaming Server

Important Steps:

• ssh-keygen -- Establishes a relationship between the encoder and the server
  Without this the automated transfers will not work (here's a helpful article).
• qtaccess -- Password protects various directories

QuickTime or Darwin Streaming Server information

qtaccess information:

qtpasswd protects movies on the streaming server
To add a user or to change a password -- log in as root and type:
qtpasswd (user_name)
Enter the new password

Example of qtacess file
This file needs to be in the directory you want to protect.

AuthName "Authorized access only. All access is monitored and logged."
AuthUserFile /etc/streaming/qtusers
AuthUserGroupFile /etc/streaming/qtgroups
require user (user_name)