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This article comprises the Read Me for QuickTime Streaming Server Update version 1.0.1. This software was released by Apple on 07 July 1999 and is available for downloading from the Apple Software Updates Web site. Use the following URL to access the download directly:
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Description 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 or QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0 to 1.0.1.
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Introduction QuickTime Streaming Server provides stored and live multimedia streaming services to QuickTime 4 clients. QuickTime Streaming Server on Mac OS X Server can serve hundreds of stored files concurrently to more than 1,000 users, and can reflect live broadcasts to more than 1,000 QuickTime 4 users. QuickTime Streaming Server supports a wide range of media bandwidths, from 28.8 kilobits per second modem users to 1.5 megabits per second high-bandwidth media streaming. With QuickTime Streaming Server, it is also easy to manage and monitor the streaming server with a simple administration application. To view QuickTime streaming media, you need the QuickTime 4 client, or a later version of QuickTime client software. To obtain the latest QuickTime client software, see the QuickTime Web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ . What's New with QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0.1 The QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0.1 Update provides a few new features, bug fixes, as well as localized versions of the Server product. This update will upgrade previous versions of QuickTime Streaming Server software to version 1.0.1. The new features are described here. Automatic Video Quality Adjustment When a client reports packet loss, the server will automatically scale back the video stream, gradually reducing the amount of data being sent. Multiple Port Support The QuickTime Streaming Server can now be configured to accept connections on any number of ports. 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 1.0.1 Update Installer application, provided with this package, to install the QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0.1 update. This updater package will update the QuickTime Streaming Server Preview (provided with the Mac OS X Server software) as well as the QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0 Update. Once the installation is successful, open the QuickTimeStreamingAdmin application via Apple Menu Items, Server Administration. Refer to the Server Administration Help, located via /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/authoring/tutorials.html . Requirements for Running QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0.1 Support Web Sites Check the Apple Support Web site at www.apple.com/support, the Mac OS X Server support web site at http://www.info.apple.com/support/macosxserver/ and the QuickTime Streaming Server product site at http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/qtstreaming.html for tips, solutions to problems, or any patches that may become available after the release of the software. 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.lists.apple.com/ . Open Source The Darwin Streaming Server, which is the complete Open Source for the QuickTime Streaming Server, is server technology which allows you to send streaming QuickTime data to clients across the Internet using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols.. For information about the Darwin Streaming Server project, go to http://www.publicsource.apple.com/ . Notes About QuickTime Streaming Server 1.0.1 |
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Product Area: | Mac OS System Software |
Category: | Mac OS X Server |
Sub Category: | QuickTime Streaming |
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