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Getting Started

Welcome to QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) and Darwin Streaming Server (DSS).

Mac OS X Server includes QTSS in its suite of services. QTSS comes preinstalled on Apple server hardware and is optimized for the Power Mac G4. It is also installed if you purchase and install the Mac OS X Server software package.

DSS, based on the same code as QTSS and supported by the open source community, runs on non-Mac OS X Server platforms. You can download the source code and compiled binaries free of charge from the Apple Darwin Streaming Server web site

(http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/).

QTSS and DSS are similar in design and configuration to Apache, the popular web server software that is also included in Mac OS X Server. If you have experience working with

Apache, working with QTSS or DSS will seem familiar.

This chapter will help you get your streaming server up and running quickly.

Note: The instructions that follow assume that you have already installed and performed a basic setup of Mac OS X Server or other compatible server software. For instructions on setting up Mac OS X Server, see “Getting Started With Mac OS X Server” (included on the installation CD and available to download in PDF format at http://www.info.apple.com/

support/manuals.html). For a list of platforms that DSS supports, see “Server Requirements” on page 17.

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Setup Overview

If you are currently using an older version of QTSS or DSS, and you want to retain your streaming server configuration, note the following:

If you’re upgrading Mac OS X Server: Your old server settings (including streaming server settings) will be automatically preserved. If you want to do a “clean install” and preserve your old streaming server settings, back up your “/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Config/ directory and merge back any customized settings.

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