Apple Introduces QuickTime Streaming Server Software - The First Open Server for Internet Streaming
Open Source and Mac OS X Server Versions Available; Leading Vendors Bring QuickTime-Compatible Servers To Market
NAB, LAS VEGAS-April 19, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today introduced QuickTime Streaming Server software, the underlying server technology that powers QuickTime 4's ability to stream live and stored video and audio over the Internet. The technology can be downloaded by developers as Open Source software-the Darwin Streaming Server-from (www.apple.com/publicsource) and is also available as a free update to Mac OS X Server, Apple's new modern server operating system. Apple also announced that leading media server companies such as IBM and SGI are integrating QuickTime Streaming software into their product lines.
"Finally, streaming live video and audio over the Internet no longer requires proprietary software and expensive servers," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "By including streaming as part of Mac OS X Server and introducing Darwin Streaming Server, Apple is significantly lowering the cost of streaming digital video and audio and the result should be a deluge of high quality streamed content."
QuickTime Streaming Server software is available as an update for Mac OS X Server, the Company's new server operating system, which combines the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh. With the addition of QuickTime Streaming software, Mac OS X Server becomes a complete modern server operating system for the Internet. Mac OS X Server software can purchased for U.S. $499 and is also available bundled with a powerful Macintosh Server G3 for U.S. $4,999.
Key features of QuickTime Streaming Server running on Mac OS X Server include:
* Ability to serve over 1,000 simultaneous audio and video streams at modem rate connections; * Simple licensing model, with no Œper stream' charges; * Support for industry-standard RTP and RTSP streaming protocols; * Management tools allowing full administration of the server and comprehensive reporting on performance and throughput; * Easy set up, with simple installer available for download from (www.apple.com/macosx/server).
Darwin Streaming Server makes QuickTime Streaming Server technology available to Open Source developers. Utilizing Darwin Streaming Server source code, developers can build server products for any platform, with the ability to stream QuickTime content over networks-using the standard Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocols RTP and RTSP. QuickTime Streaming is already being embraced by leading media server companies and is a key component in IBM's new VideoCharger multimedia server and SGI's WebFORCE MediaBase media streaming system.
"The QuickTime community's unrivaled arsenal of editing and optimization tools, combined with SGI MediaBase server's scalable Internet streaming and asset management capabilities, will expand the market for customers wanting to add media to their web sites," said Jason Danielson, director of product management for Digital Media Products, SGI. "Streaming QuickTime with SGI MediaBase offers the most complete media streaming solution available."
Today, Apple also announced public beta versions of QuickTime 4 and QuickTime 4 Pro (see separate release).
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission-to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.
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