This article comprises the Read Me for QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0 Update. This software was released by Apple 19 April 1999 and is available for downloading from Apple Software Updates Online. Please see Software Updates Document Number 11356, or use the following URL to access the article directly: http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11356 .

IMPORTANT: Please read all of the contents of this Read Me prior to installing the software. It is very important to first install the Mac OS X Server 1.0-1 update prior to installing the QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0 software. For further information, refer to installation instructions for both in the Knowledge Base:

Article 59004: " Mac OS X Server: Patch and QTSS 1.0 Download Instructions ."

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Installation and Documentation
• Requirements for Running QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0
• Support
• Notes About QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0

Introduction

The QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) provides stored and live multimedia streaming services to clients that support QuickTime 4.0. This update release will update the QuickTime Streaming Server Preview software shipped with Mac OS X Server to the GM version. QTSS can stream QuickTime compatible low-bandwidth as well as high-bandwidth media, i.e. 28.8 kilobits per second (kbps) modem users, 1.5 megabytes per second.

With QTSS, it is easy to manage streaming services with a simple administration application. The administrator can specify the maximum number of concurrent connections and over all maximum throughput, as well as monitor the server activity and log server usage.

To view QuickTime streaming media, you need version 4.0 or later of the QuickTime client software. See the QuickTime Web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ .

Installation and Documentation

You must first have the Mac OS X Server software installed on your machine. Once the Mac OS X Server software is installed, you need to install the latest Mac OS X Server patch available at http://www.apple.com/support/ . Then you can use the QuickTime Streaming Server Update Installer application, provided with this package, to install the QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0 update. For further information, refer to installation instructions for both in the following article:

Article 59004: " Mac OS X Server: Patch and QTSS 1.0 Download Instructions ."

Once the installation is successful, open the QuickTimeStreamingAdmin application via Apple Menu Items, Server Administration. Refer to the Server Administration Help, located through /System/Documentation/Help/ServerAdministrationHelp.help, that is provided with the Mac OS X Server software for instructions on adding hinted movies to the Movie Folder, starting and stopping the QuickTime Streaming Server, and general instructions on using the QuickTime Streaming Server administration application. Movies must be hinted before adding them to the Movie Folder. For hinting instructions, please refer to the web site location of http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authors/tutorials.html .

Requirements for Running QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0

- Any Power Macintosh computer or Macintosh Server with a G3 microprocessor running Mac OS X Server software.

- Recommended configuration: Minimum of 64MB of RAM. For heavily used servers, Apple recommends 512MB of RAM with 350MHz or higher processor speed, 3 Ultra-wide SCSI drives. High bit rate movies require an Ethernet card w/DEC chip driver.


Support

Web Sites

Check the Apple Support Web site at http://www.apple.com/support , the Mac OS X Server support web site at http://www.info.apple.com/support/macosxserver/ and the QuickTime Streaming Serv er product site at http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/qtstreaming.html for tips, solutions to issues, or any patches that may become available after teh release of the software.

For information about the QuickTime Streaming Server Open Source project, go to http://www.publicsource.apple.com/ .

QuickTime Streaming Server Mailing List

To receive information about QuickTime Streaming Server updates, join the QuickTime Streaming server public mailing list. By joining the list, you can share experiences, questions, and comments with others using the software. Apple employees may monitor these lists, but Apple does not guarantee that questions sent to this list will be answered. For more information about joining the mailing list, see the Apple mailing lists Web site at http://www.list.apple.com/ .


Notes About QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0

- When you hint a movie using the QuickTime Player, it is highly recommended that you enable the "Optimize Hints For Server" checkbox in the Optons dialog if you need to serve the movie to a large number of clients.

- If you have problems streaming a particular movie, try re-hinting the movie with the "Optimize Hints For Server" option enabled.

- On a Mac OS computer, do not use MacIP as the TCP connection method for client computers that are playing QuickTime Streaming media. To change the connection method, open the TCP control panel and choose the method you want to use from the "Connect via" pop-up menu.

- QuickTime Streaming Server accepts connections on ports 554 and 7070. If your client computers are behind firewalls, users may find it easier to connect to the server by including 7070 as an explicit port number in the URL (for example, rtsp://myserver.my.com:7070/mymovie). By default the rtsp_port is set to 554. Administrators need to enable port 7070 by changing the NetInfo database. If these changes are made while the QuickTime Streaming Server is running, the server must be restarted before these changes will take effect.

- The version of QuickTime MoviePlayer provided on your Mac OS X Server computer does not support some new formats, so you may be unable to view some QuickTime media using this version of MoviePlayer.

- When broadcasting more that one movie using the Reflector functionality of QTSS, ensure that the movies are using different UDP ports. If you attempt to broadcast more than one reflected movie on the same UDP port, you will receive a -3285 error on the Movie Player client computer.

- The maximum number of simultaneous multicasts you can receive on any one of the ports on the 4-port card is 13; however you can have up to 30 simultaneous multicasts on the on-board Ethernet.