Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server manual Preface

mThe QuickTime Streaming course takes an in-depth look at QuickTime Streaming Server and Darwin Streaming Server by teaching system administrators and QuickTime authors the details behind real-time streaming. For more information, see the Resources section of the QuickTime Streaming Server product page (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/).

mThe best-selling QuickTime for the Web is an excellent hands-on guide. This Apple QuickTime Developer Series book shows how to integrate video, recorded sound, Flash animation, virtual reality, MIDI, text, still images, live streams, games, and user interactivity into a web site. The companion CD-ROM includes QuickTime Pro and a full set of development tools for both Windows and Macintosh. Published by Morgan Kaufmann, this award-winning book is featured with other useful titles on the QuickTime Instructional web site (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tools_tips/books.html). Get the third edition for the most up-to-date information.

mThe Apple Discussions area within the AppleCare support web site (http://discussions.info.apple.com/) provides a community posting location for QuickTime Streaming Server issues. Navigate to the Mac OS X Server section and then to QuickTime Streaming Server. You can post messages and view posts from other registered users.

mApple hosts many mailing lists (http://lists.apple.com) including lists for streaming server users and developers. Actively followed by Apple engineers, these lists are an excellent resource for novice and advanced users alike. If you want to subscribe, click “Lists hosted on this site,” and then click “streaming-server users” or “streaming-server developers,” and sign up. You can also search through the archives of both lists.

mThe QuickTime Services web site (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tools_tips/services/) lists streaming service providers. Apple partners listed provide services ranging from content delivery and encoding to authoring and webcasting.

mIf you are an advanced user, you may want to review the Request for Comments (RFC) memorandums on the RTP and RTSP standards by visiting the web site of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). For RTP, the web address is http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1890.txt. For RTSP, it is http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2326.txt.

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