Apple G0442 manual Easy-to-use management tools, Preparing content for streaming

QuickTime is an extremely versatile, cost- e!ective platform for creating, playing, and streaming digital media over the Internet. It supports all the latest digital media standards, including MPEG-4, H.264, and 3GPP, so content can be played anywhere, using any standards-compliant media player.

Mac OS X Server

Easy-to-use management tools

Setting up and administering QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) is a snap with the Server Admin application in Mac OS X Server. Server Admin provides secure remote management and monitoring of your server from anywhere on the Internet. Allowing you to do anything from setting passwords to binding QTSS to a specic IP address, Server Admin will have you up and streaming with just a few clicks.

In addition, QuickTime Streaming Server comes with a web-based administration tool that lets you monitor streaming activity from any computer that has a web browser.

Preparing content for streaming

Mac OS X Server v10.4 also includes the latest version of QTSS Publisher, Apple’s QuickTime content management software. With an intuitive interface, QTSS Publisher allows individual users to publish media for streaming to the server quickly and easily from any Mac OS X system that has an Internet connection. Upload les to the server, create playlists of content, generate web pages, and much more, using this powerful application built into Mac OS X Server.

Broadcasting live events

Working seamlessly with QuickTime Streaming Server, QuickTime Broadcaster enables experts and novices alike to produce professional-quality live events for online delivery. This live encoding software has broad, extensible codec support that includes H.264 video, making it easy to reach large numbers of viewers for corporate meetings, online courses, keynote addresses, and other special events.

Based on standards, live broadcasts can be viewed in a variety of compliant devices in addition to QuickTime Player on Mac and Windows PCs. Live streaming begins with a Mac desktop or notebook computer connected to a video camera, microphone, or other media recording device. Using QuickTime Broadcaster, the system digitizes and compresses the media feed and sends the encoded signal to the server. The QuickTime Streaming Server software then reects the signal, sending it out to audiences, who “tune in” with QuickTime Player or other compliant devices.