Apple QuickTime Streaming Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 16)

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If you’re upgrading DSS on a non-Mac OS X platform: The new installation overwrites the
configuration files. If you want to preserve your old settings, back up your “/etc/streaming/ ”
directory (for Windows, “c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\” directory) and merge
back any customized settings.
2 If you are setting up QTSS or DSS on a remote server or a server with no display attached (a
“headless” server such as Xserve), you should already have set up an administrator computer
from which you can enable and configure the streaming server software using the web-based
Streaming Server Admin user interface (UI). For information on setting up an administrator
computer, see
Getting Started With Mac OS X Server.
3 If you want to run DSS on non-Mac OS X Server platforms, download the free installation
package (http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/).
4 If you want to broadcast live content, you can use QuickTime Broadcaster, which is included
and installed with Mac OS X Server. For setup and other information, see the Apple
QuickTime Broadcaster web page (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/broadcaster/)
and QuickTime Broadcaster online help.
Note: QuickTime Broadcaster and QTSS must be running on the same computer if you
want to control QuickTime Broadcaster remotely. This feature is available only with Mac OS X
version 10.2 and QTSS 4.1 and later.
Hardware and Software
Make sure that your hardware and software meet the following requirements.
Client Computer Requirements
QuickTime 6 and a broadband Internet connection are required to take advantage of Instant-
On using QuickTime Streaming Server or Darwin Streaming Server 4.1 or later.
Any computer with QuickTime 4 or later installed can view media streamed by the streaming
server. For best results, Apple recommends QuickTime 6 or later.
Any ISO-compliant MPEG-4 player can view MPEG-4 files. Streaming MP3 playlists can be
listened to using iTunes or other compatible streaming MP3 player such as WinAmp.
You can download QuickTime client software from the QuickTime web site at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/
Important During remote installation, the administrator computer and the server must be
connected to the same IP subnet. If necessary, you can connect a portable administrator
computer to the server’s subnet during installation, or install the software over the
administrator computer’s subnet, and then move the server to its permanent network
location to finish setting it up.
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