Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server manual For More Information

mImproved stream quality: Enhancements to Apple skip-protection technology (patent pending)—a collection of quality-of-service features-—result in even better stream quality.

mPerformance enhancements: Overall stability and performance of the server has been improved.

mAuthentication: Two types of authentication, digest and basic, let you control access to protected media.

mServer-side playlists: You can stream a set of media files as if it were a live broadcast. This can be ideal for creating and managing a virtual radio or television station.

mRelay support: You can easily set up several layers of servers to broadcast streams to a virtually unlimited number of clients.

QTSS and DSS 4.1 added these features:

mSupport for Instant-On:Viewers with a broadband connection watching a streaming video with QuickTime 6 and later will benefit from Instant-On, an advance in Apple skip- protection technology (patent pending) that dramatically improves the viewing experience by playing video and audio streams instantaneously.

mIntegrated Broadcaster administration: A new dialog linked from the General Settings page provides an easy way to set up or change the user name and password for QuickTime Broadcaster. A Broadcast Settings pane allows remote operation of QuickTime Broadcaster (on Mac OS X Server version 10.2 or later).

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Additional QuickTime streaming resources are available. These include classes, mailing lists, and frequently asked questions (FAQs).

mThe QuickTime Streaming Server product page (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/) provides the latest information on key features, recent downloads, and minimum requirements, with links to additional support pages.

mThe public source web site (http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/) provides access to Darwin Streaming Server source code as well as access to the public Concurrent Version System (CVS) archive and developer information. Be sure to read the FAQs linked from this page.

mThe Mac OS X Server AppleCare support page (http://www.info.apple.com/usen/ macosxserver/) provides links to many useful Knowledge Base articles on all of the services that ship with Mac OS X Server, including QuickTime Streaming Server and Apache. It also provides links to downloadable PDFs of Getting Started With Mac OS X Server and Mac OS X Server Administrator’s Guide.

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