This article describes how to broadcast prerecorded audio or video using QuickTime Streaming Server 2.0.

Note: All information in this article comes from the help file distributed with QuickTime Streaming Server 2.0. The help file includes additional help topics which are not covered in the Knowledge Base.

Broadcasting Prerecorded Audio or Video

With PlaylistBroadcaster you can create a virtual "radio station" or video broadcast by setting prerecorded QuickTime media files to play in a specified order (a "playlist"). PlaylistBroadcaster broadcasts the media to the QuickTime Streaming Server, which sends the media to viewers in the sequence you set up (random or ordered). Although the media is prerecorded, it appears to viewers as a live broadcast. All viewers see the same media being played when they tune in to the broadcast.

To broadcast media, you need to do the following:

• prepare QuickTime media and a reference movie file
• create a playlist
• create a broadcast description file
• start broadcast service
• tell users how to connect to the broadcast