Darwin Streaming Server Explained

Darwin Streaming Server
Author:	Apple Inc.
Developer:	Apple Inc.
Released:	March 16, 1999
Latest Release Version:	6.0.3
Latest Release Date:	May 10, 2007
Operating System:	OS X, Linux, Windows
Genre:	RTSP server
License:	Apple Public Source License
Website:	http://dss.macosforge.org/

Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) was the first open sourced RTP/RTSP streaming server.^[1] It was released March 16, 1999 and is a fully featured RTSP/RTP media streaming server capable of streaming a variety of media types including H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2 and 3GP.

Development

Developed by Apple, it is the open source equivalent of QuickTime Streaming Server, and is based on its code.

Ports

The initial DSS source code release compiled only on OS X, but external developers quickly ported the code to Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris,^[2] Tru64 Unix, Mac OS 9 and Windows.

Source code is available as a release download or as development code via CVS.

See also

• HTTP Live Streaming  - Apple's video/audio streaming server protocol
• Helix Universal Server  - Multiformat streaming server from RealNetworks
• Wowza Media Server  - a unified streaming server from Wowza Media Systems

External links

• Darwin Streaming Server

Notes and References

1. Book: Phil Sherry. Foundation Mac OS X Web Development. 11 November 2013. Apress. 978-1-4302-5133-0. 278–.
2. Web site: Darwin Streaming Server on Solaris . 2007-12-25 . 2011-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612092848/http://www.nbl.fi/~nbl97/solaris/media/streaming/ . dead .