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Welcome to QuickTime Streaming Server, the standards-based streaming media server that combines industrial strength support with engaging ease of use.

Whether you are looking to add streaming media to your web site, deliver distance learning or provide rich content for your mobile subscribers, Mac OS X Server has all of the tools you need. Featuring the latest version of QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) and QTSS Publisher, providing streaming services has never been easier or more cost-effective.

Using the open standard, QuickTime Streaming Server lets you deliver live or prerecorded content in real time over the Internet. With Instant-On, Apple's patent-pending innovative streaming technology, your content begins to play as soon its link is clicked; there's no waiting for the file to download.

Support for Industry Standards

The premiere technology for creating, playing and delivering digital media over the Internet, QuickTime fully supports the latest global multimedia standards, including H.264, MPEG-4 and 3GPP. Likewise, QuickTime Streaming Server provides native support for streaming H.264, MPEG-4 and 3GPP files - so your content runs on any standards-compliant media player on Mac and Windows as well as variety of standards-compliant devices such as mobile phones and set-top-boxes. It also lets you serve standard MP3 files using Icecast-compatible protocols over HTTP to MP3 clients. With QuickTime Streaming Server, you can be sure that you reach the widest audience possible.

Streaming Made Easy

Mac OS X Server v10.4 features a new and improved version of QTSS Publisher, Apple's easy-use software for managing your server-side media. With an intuitive interface similar to iTunes, QTSS Publisher makes it simple to upload media to the server, prepare it for streaming and publish it to the web with just a few clicks. QTSS Publisher also allows you to create server-side playlists with your QuickTime Movies, MPEG-4, 3GPP or MP3 files turning your server into a virtual TV or Internet Radio station.

QTSS in Mac OS X Server v10.4 sports a brand-new interface making it even easier to manage and publish all of your streaming content. Additionally, QTSS Publisher also allows non-admin users to upload files to their home directory for streaming, ideal for organizations and institutions where large numbers of people need to publish media to the same server. All of these tasks can be automated when combing QTSS Publisher with AppleScript and Automator.