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Introduction
This document provides an overview of the Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) 3 Public Preview software, installation instructions, and information on how to give feedback to Apple. This software is a preview of the next Darwin Streaming Server release.
What's new in Darwin Streaming Server 3 Public Preview?
And as always, QuickTime Streaming Server is an opensource project, allowing the highest level of customizability and community involvement.
While not required, it is recommended that QuickTime 5 is used for viewing streams from Darwin Streaming Server 3 Public Preview.
Please refer to the online Help (see Documentation section below) included in this seed package for more detailed information about using the features of this seed.
The Darwin Streaming Server 3 Public Preview software is being released for evaluation of its technology and will expire on February 15, 2001. This software is in development.
The seed software is not a supported product, but we encourage you to use it, evaluate it, and give us feedback. This copy is for evaluation purposes only and is offered at no charge. We cannot guarantee that any subsequent releases will be offered free of charge, but we suggest that you check periodically for any revisions to this release.
IMPORTANT: The software is in development. There are inherent risks in installing unreleased software on your computer. You should not use this product in production or mission critical operations or where 100% reliability is required. As much as possible, we will respond to problems and provide updates to address issues, but we cannot guarantee all problems will be addressed. You should back up your system and hard drives prior to installing and testing this software. Then you should save your work often and back up your hard drives regularly to protect your data. Apple cannot accept liability for any lost data or other injury.
Giving Apple Feedback About the Preview Software
You can give feedback to Apple about Darwin Streaming Server 3 Public Preview. Refer to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/servers/ for details.
Installing a Perl Intrepreter
The Streaming Admin Server is written entirely in perl and requires perl 5 (or above) to be running on the server machine. You must install a Perl 5 intrepeter in order to use the web-based administration software.
This preview version of Darwin Streaming Server has been tested only with the nsPerl interpreter which can be downloaded at http://people.netscape.com/richm/nsPerl/. Follow all instructions an be sure to make sure that the perl binary is located in one of your PATH directories as mentioned in the perl install documentation.
Installing and Setting Up
To install and set up Darwin Streaming Server Public Preview software, follow these steps on the server computer:
When the Server package is unzipped, a folder with Darwin Streaming Server and associated files will be created. Inside this folder is an Install script, named "Install.bat". Double-click this file to install the server and its components on the server machine. The installer also starts up the Streaming Server Admin, so keep the command prompt window open.
The Install script will create the following directory:
Inside this directory you will find:
To configure and administer your server from either the server machine or a remote client machine, follow these steps.
IMPORTANT: The preview version of the server is configured with the "Administrator" password set to "default". Immediately after installing, you should reset the "Administrator" password. Note: The "Administrator" password can only be set from a web browser running on the local server machine using the following URL:
The Install script also installs Darwin Streaming Server as a service in the Service Manager.
Documentation
For help on using the DSS administration and setting up your server to stream hinted media, refer to the online Help by selecting the Question Mark button from the Streaming Server Admin.
Platform Support
Darwin Streaming Server source code currently compiles and runs on the following platforms:
- Mac OS X
- Linux (RedHat 6.2, Intel)
- Solaris 7 (SunOS 5.7)
- FreeBSD 3.5 (Intel)
- Windows 2000 /NT(Service Pack 5)
It can be ported to other platforms by modifying a handful of platform specific source files. For more information on the source code and on porting the source, see the files AboutTheSource.html and SourceFAQ.html.
Troubleshooting
If the Streaming Server Admin is not responding, you should verify that the streamingadminserver.pl script is running first. This can be done by opening up the task manager and looking for perl process. If not, launch the Admin by typing 'perl "c:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server\streamingadminserver.pl"' at the command prompt. The Streaming Server Admin process is attached to a command window, so closing it will cause the process to quit. Make sure that the command window from which the Streaming Server Admin is started remains open.
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