OT: Quicktime Streaming Server on LInux

[Stephen Barncard]

Swami, (I hope that's a respectful nickname....)

I understand that the Darwin Streaming Server is the same code that 
runs Quicktime streaming server, and it works well. I'm sure it's 
exactly what is running at Dreamhost, as they are major users of Open 
Source.

I didn't know you had such a robust dedicated server. Of course you 
should try and use it - perhaps the sysop for your ISP will help you 
install it. At any rate, it would be the exact same kind of server 
that you'd get at Dreamhost.

I almost installed this software there, until I realized it was 
already installed at Dreamhost. It looks pretty good. It doesn't have 
the GUI based tools that the MacOS version has, so you'll probably 
have to install using the terminal. But again I'm guessing that Apple 
and the Open Source community have made it easier to install.

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html

They also have a mail list which could prove invaluable.
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/streaming-server-users

>Welcome to Darwin Streaming Server, the open source version of 
>Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server technology that allows you to 
>send streaming media to clients across the Internet using the 
>industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols. Based on the same code 
>base as QuickTime Streaming Server, Darwin Streaming Server provides 
>a high level of customizability and runs on a variety of platforms 
>allowing you to manipulate the code to fit your needs.
>Who should use Darwin Streaming Server?
>While sharing the same code base as QuickTime Streaming Server, 
>Darwin Streaming Server is an open source project intended for 
>developers who need to stream QuickTime and MPEG-4 media on 
>alternative platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Solaris, or those 
>developers who need to extend and/or modify the existing streaming 
>server code to fit their needs. Darwin Streaming Server is only 
>supported by the open source community and is not eligible for 
>technical support from Apple. Apple hosts a number of email 
>discussion lists for Darwin Streaming Server users and developers to 
>share ideas and discuss deployment scenarios.
>QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) is Apple's commercial streaming 
>server delivered as part of Mac OS X Server. QTSS provides users 
>with enhanced administration and media management tools as a result 
>of the tight integration with Mac OS X Server; these tools are not 
>available as part of the open source project. Technical support is 
>available for QTSS as part of the AppleCare support plans provided 
>for Mac OS X Server and Xserve.
>Both DSS and QTSS are built on a core server that provides state of 
>the art quality of service features with Skip protection and 
>Instant-On, and support for the latest digital media standards, 
>MPEG-4 and 3GPP.
>Darwin Streaming Server is available as a free download under the 
>Apple Public Source License.


>Actually getting another Dream Host account is on our road map.
>At least for someone else on the team...
>
>My experience has been that no matter how inexpensive a new site is
>or how good the support may be, every new "business" relationship,
>alternate box, server  site, adds more admin overhead than you might
>expect. So, I would only go that route if running it on our box in SF doesn't
>work.
>

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stephen barncard
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