Apple QuickTime Streaming Server 5.5 review

Welcome to QuickTime Streaming Server, the standards-based streaming media server that combines industrial strength support with engaging ease of use.

License: Comercialware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Apple Price: $0.00 Updated: 18 May 2005

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Welcome to QuickTime Streaming Server, the standards-based streaming media server that combines industrial strength support with engaging ease of use.

Whether you are looking to add streaming media to your web site, deliver distance learning or provide rich content for your mobile subscribers, Mac OS X Server has all of the tools you need. Featuring the latest vesion of QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) and QTSS Publisher, providing streaming services has never been easier or more cost-effective.

Using the open standard, QuickTime Streaming Server lets you deliver live or prerecorded content in realtime over the Internet. With Instant-On, Apple's patent-pending innovative streaming technology, your content begins to play as soon its link is clicked; there’s no waiting for the file to download.

Here are some key features of "Apple QuickTime Streaming Server":
H.264 Stunning video quality from 3G to HD.
MPEG-4 The digital media standard.
AAC Audio Small files. Large sounds.
Streaming Your media in real time.
Mobile Creation, delivery and playback. Worldwide.
Interactivity Gives your movies the smarts.
QuickTime VR Takes media for a spin.
Media Skins Not just another pretty face.
Automation Makes your content for you.

Supported streaming formats
QuickTime Movie (.MOV)
MPEG-4 (.MP4)
3GPP (.3GP)
Streaming Protocols
RTSP over TCP
RTP over UDP
RTP over Apple's Reliable UDP
RTSP/RTP in HTTP (tunneled)
RTP over RTSP (RTP over TCP)
Icecast via HTTP (MP3 only)
Standards-compliance
RFC 2326, Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
RFC 1889, Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
RFC 2327, Session Description Protocol (SDP)
3GPP Release 5 (TS 26.234 v5.6)
Performance (Simultaneous streams)
Live streams
20 kbps (AAC audio) - 10,
64 kbps (MPEG-4 video & AAC audio) - 2,500
300 kbps (MPEG-4 video & AAC audio) - 1,500
On-Demand Streams
20 kbps (AAC Audio) - 8,
64 kbps (MPEG-4 video & AAC audio) - 2,
300 kbps (MPEG-4 video & AAC audio) - 1,.

What's New:
Performance enhancements: Stream industry standard, HD (High Definition) H.264 content to a wide range wide of compliant players and devices.
Increased support for 3G streaming. Deliver live and on-demand 3G streams over high-speed mobile networks to a wide range of mobile handsets.
Brand new QTSS Publisher. Included with QuickTime Streaming Server 5.5 is a brand-new version of QTSS Publisher, an easy-to-use application for managing your server-side media. Features include:
Redesigned user interface
Support for non-admin log-in
AppleScript support for automating workflows.
Requirements:
Mac OS X Server v10.4 (or later)
Xserve, Power Mac (G5, G4 or G3), iMac, eMac or Mac mini computer
128MB of RAM, at least 256MB of RAM for high-demand servers running multiple services
built-in USB
4GB of available disk space.