QuickTime Streaming

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QuickTime Streaming Director

• Charlie Reisinger

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Streaming Overview

• Server moves video/audio to a client
• Server attempts to deliver content in real-time
• Requires fast connections and beefy computers for
  better quality
• Not a progressive download.
• The file is not copied to the clients system
• Top formats Windows Media, RealVideo, QuickTime

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QuickTime Streaming Files

• Audio or Video files
• .MOV extention
• Use various CODECS
• Sorenson, MP4, H.263, Motion JPEG, etc.
• Cross platform
• Files must be hinted for streaming
• QuickTime Pro
• Discreet Cleaner 6 or XL

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QuickTime Servers

• QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS)
• Free download
• Streams hinted QuickTime movie files
• CODEC agnostic
• Server runs on Mac OS X, Linux, Windows2K
• Streaming can be either live or archived content

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Streaming Protocol

• rtsp//www.foo.com/myvideo.mov
• Real Time Streaming Protocol
• Uses either port 80 or
• UDP 554 for RTSP transport

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More Info

• http//www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/
• http//www.apple.com/quicktime