How to with QuickTime Streaming Server:
Aim:
The aim here is to test our movies by playing from the Server.
What will you need:
Hardware: Dedicated server that can be seen by the outside world.
Software: QuickTime Streaming Server or Darwin Streaming Server installed on the server - for more info click here.
Note: Please see your Network administrator to enable your streaming server to be seen by the outside world for streaming. You can also download the administration guide and other resources to know how to set up your server by "clicking here".
QuickTime Streaming Server comes included with your Apple server.
Darwin Streaming Server or DSS for short will run on:
- Mac OS X, v10.2.8 and later
- Red Hat Linux 9
- Solaris 9
- Windows 2000 Server/Windows 2003 Server
For more info in DSS - click here.
Also a good site for futhur information on the server side is soundscreen - click here.
1. After installation of QuickTime Streaming Server, the default location for your movies and sdp flies to be streamed from is Library > QuickTimeStreaming > Movies
2. For my example I have made a folder inside Movies called 3gpp with 2 sub folders. The first folder is for live streaming with sdp files inside, the other folder with hinted 3gp movies.
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3. Now we are going to test our movie from QTSS or DSS, by testing it with QuickTime Player.
eg: rtsp:// Your Server name or IP address / folder name / file name
So for streaming a 3gpp file it would look like this eg.
rtsp://192.168.1.4/3gpp/movies/Dome.3gp
For Live streaming your file would end .sdp eg.
rtsp://192.168.1.4/3gpp/live/my-live-cast.sdp
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Next would be to have a look at Stage 3.
