Darwin Streaming Server is the open source server allowing you to stream hinted QuickTime, MPEG-4, and 3GPP files over the Internet via the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols.
See the DSS 6.0.3 release notes.
See the releases page.
The posted installer will not install on Mac OS X v10.4. The installer binaries are built for 10.5 and will not run on older versions of the Mac OS.
Yes, there are some functional differences but the 6.0.3 source can be built using the buildit script as well as the installer package on Mac OS X 10.4. See the developer notes for more information.
The package includes source files for a streaming server with web based administration that can serve on-disk “hinted” QuickTime, MPEG2-program streams (hinted files), MPEG-4, and 3GPP files and reflect live broadcasts, as well as source for the proxy (except on Windows). StreamingLoadTool source code. See the Documentation directory included with the source for more information about the code.
Future CVS use is under review while SVN or simple source tar postings are being evaluated.
You can download the latest Mac OS X 10.5 release from the releases page.
The http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/ CVS contains software for DSS Mac OS 10.4 and other OS platforms.
The latest CVS tag is DSS_5_5_5_Release. The Darwin Streaming Server branch tag is DSS_10_4_Branch. The QuickTime Streaming Server branch tag is MacOS_10_4_Branch.
The top of tree is reserved for merging QuickTime Streaming Server development and unreleased code with Darwin Streaming Server code to create a new major release branch. Bug fixes and submissions are added to branches.
The streaming server supports QuickTime Movie (MOV), MPEG-4 (MP4), and 3GPP (3GP) “hinted” files.
Hinting is a post-process that you apply to your movies to make them RTSP-streamable. You can hint them with QuickTime Pro or the hinting tool available in the MPEG4IP package.
If you don’t hint your .mov’s or mp4’s they will still be HTTP-downloadable but it will take them some seconds to start playing. You won’t need a streaming server for this, just use good old Apache.
See also http://soundscreen.com/streaming/compress_hint.html.
No, not by default, but the server can be configured using the experimental module “QTSSHttpFileModule” located in the modules.disabled directory. The module must be moved to the modules directory and an http_folder must be defined in the server’s preference xml file.
No, not by default, but the server can be configured using the experimental module “QTSSHttpFileModule” located in the modules.disabled directory. The module must be moved to the modules directory and an http_folder must be defined in the server’s preference xml file.
Yes. Use the MP3Broadcaster that is part of DSS to broadcast mp3 v1, v2, and v2.3 files from a server side playlist to DSS. All files must have the same sample rate.
Yes. Use the PlaylistBroadcaster that is part of DSS, to stream hinted files from a server side playlist to DSS. All video files must have the same frame size and use the same codec and all audio files must have the same sample size and use the same codec.
Yes. Replace the playlist file and add a playlist file using the playlist name and the extension “.updatelist” in the same directory as the playlist file.
Yes. Look for the file with the extensions “.upcoming” in the directory with the playlist.
Yes. Look for a file with the extension “.current” in the directory with the playlist.
Yes. Add a playlist file using the playlist name and the extension “.stoplist” in the same directory as the playlist file and it will be read at the next song and then deleted. The broadcast will stop playing at the end of the stoplist.
Yes. Add a playlist file with the playlist name and the extension “.insertlist” in the same directory as the playlist file and its list will be insert at the end of the next song and then deleted. The broadcast will revert back to the original list after playing the inserted list.
See the file defaultPaths.h in the source code.
Because DSS streams hinted streaming files, any file that has been successfully hinted can be used by DSS. Hinted files remove the need for the server to understand the media information of the files it streams.
For DSS 5.5.5 or earlier: On UNIX platforms, type ./Buildit from within the source directory.
On UNIX platforms, type ./Buildit install. A DarwinStreamingSrvr-Platform install directory and tar file will be created.
See the developer notes for more information.
For DSS 5.5.5 or earlier: To build Darwin Streaming Server on Windows NT or Windows 2000, you must have a copy of Visual C++ version 6.0. There is a VC++ workspace file located inside the WinNTSupport directory that can be used to to build the server. Once the workspace is open, select Batch Build from the Build menu.
See the developer notes in the source code for more information.
The first time the player connects to an IP address it checks the bandwidth to the server which can take a few seconds.
If there is a firewall or the default UDP port is unavailable the client will try alternate ports and protocols to connect to the server. This process can take up to a minute.
The best solution is to configure the firewall to allow streaming access minimally on port 554 and preferably with udp support on 6970-6999, and 1220 for web admin access, 8000 for mp3 streaming, and 7070 for some streaming players. When that is not possible, the QuickTime Player will automatically try to switch to the HTTP protocol to stream from the server, this sometimes works but if the standard streaming ports are completely blocked by a firewall then streaming on port 80 should be tried.
This is not possible without changing either DSS or the web server’s port to something other than 80.
For DSS 6.0 or later: Turn off guest access in the server preference xml file by setting the “enable_allow_guest_default” preference to “false”. The server will authenticate users against Directory Services and qtaccess files.
Please see DSS admin guide located at http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/qtss_admin_guide.pdf.
Guidelines for use of the QuickTime logo and web badge are available at http://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/quicktime.html.