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Preface
The QuickTime Suite
The QuickTime suite is made up of the following components:
QuickTime Player:
The free QuickTime Player is an easy-to-use application for playing,
interacting with, or viewing any video, audio, virtual reality (VR), or graphics file that is
compatible with QuickTime.
QuickTime Pro:
This powerful application, the “Pro” version of QuickTime Player,
provides an abundance of media authoring capabilities. From simple slide shows to complex
video and audio encoding, Media Skin creation, automation of repetitive production
workflow tasks, and assembly of hundreds of different media types into one movie file,
QuickTime Pro can do it all.
QuickTime Broadcaster:
Combining the power of QuickTime with legendary Apple ease
of use, QuickTime Broadcaster allows just about anyone to produce a live broadcast event.
From a backyard birthday party to a corporate keynote speech, QuickTime Broadcaster
allows anyone with an Internet connection to attend virtually. This free download, also
included with Mac OS X Server version 10.2, will capture and encode QuickTime content,
including MPEG-4, for live streaming via the web. QuickTime Broadcaster supports most
codecs supported by QuickTime and allows users to create custom settings.
QuickTime Streaming Server:
The open-source, standards-based QuickTime Streaming
Server, included with Mac OS X Server version 10.2, delivers media either in real time or on
demand over the Internet with no per-stream license fee.
Darwin Streaming Server:
This free, open-source version of QuickTime Streaming
Server supports popular enterprise platforms such as Linux, Solaris, and Windows NT/2000.
It is available for download in source or binary form and can be ported to other platforms by
modifying a few platform-specific source files.
More About QTSS and DSS
QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) 4 and Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) 4 let you deliver
media over the Internet in real time. Users can tune in to broadcasts of live or prerecorded
media, or they can view prerecorded media on demand. Users see streamed media as soon
as it reaches the computer; they don’t have to wait to download files.
Features of QTSS and DSS 4 include
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Native MPEG-4 streaming:
Standard hinted MPEG-4 files can be served directly, without
being converted to .mov files.
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MP3 audio streaming:
You can create your own Internet radio station. Now serve MP3
files to clients that support MP3 streaming via HTTP, such as iTunes, WinAmp, and
RealPlayer.
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An even easier-to-use web-based admin:
You can benefit from a whole new design, plus
new features such as a setup assistant and easy administration of relays between
streaming servers.
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