Note: This article pertains to Mac OS X Server versions 1.x, which were released prior to May 2001.
This version of Mac OS X Server includes a special preview release of the QuickTime Streaming server. This preview allows you to explore the delivery of rich digital media over the Internet or intranets to any QuickTime-capable application.
Important: The QuickTime Streaming server preview release expires on January 31, 2000. Telephone support is not available for preview products, such as QuickTime Streaming server.
Note:
To view QuickTime streaming media, you need the latest version of the QuickTime client software. See the QuickTime Web site at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/.
To receive information about QuickTime Streaming server updates, join the QuickTime Streaming server public mailing list. By joining the list, you can share experiences, questions, and comments with others using the software. Apple employees may monitor these lists, but Apple does not guarantee that questions sent to this list will be answered. For more information about joining the mailing list, see the Apple mailing lists Web site at
http://www.lists.apple.com/.
Known issues and solutions
- If users receive a 415 error when they attempt to view a streamed movie, be sure you save the movie you want to stream as a self-contained movie using your authoring software (for example, QuickTime MoviePlayer).
- If you have difficulties reflecting several movies to multiple clients at the same time, be sure that you set up the QuickTime application that transmits the live multicast so that each multicast source and each broadcast source has a unique port number.
- Do not use MacIP as the TCP connection method for client computers that are playing QuickTime Streaming media. To change the connection method, open the TCP control panel and choose the method you want to use from the "Connect via" pop-up menu.
- QuickTime Streaming server accepts connections on ports 554 and 7070. If your client computers are behind firewalls, users may find it easier to connect to the server by including 7070 as an explicit port number in the URL (for example, rtsp://myserver.my.com:7070/mymovie).
- QuickTime Streaming server can use only the built-in Ethernet port of your server computer. It cannot use the 4-port Ethernet card. Be sure to provide the IP address or domain name of your built-in Ethernet port for streaming.
- The version of QuickTime MoviePlayer provided on your Mac OS X Server computer does not support some new formats, so you may be unable to view some QuickTime Streaming media using this version of MoviePlayer.