Darwin Streaming Server

Darwin Streaming Server

Original author(s)	Apple Inc.
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Initial release	March 16, 1999
Stable release	6.0.3 / May 10, 2007
Operating system	Mac OS X, Linux
Type	RTSP server
License	Apple Public Source License
Website	http://dss.macosforge.org/

Darwin Streaming Server (DSS), is the first open sourced RTP/RTSP streaming server. 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.

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

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

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

Akamai uses DSS, exclusively, for streaming QuickTime and MPEG-4 content. The mobile version of the video sharing site YouTube uses DSS to stream its mobile videos in 3GP format using the H.263/AMR codec.

See also

• HTTP Live Streaming – Apple's video/audio streaming server protocol
• QuickTime Streaming Server – Apple's server software for delivering HTTP Live Streaming on Apple platforms
• Helix Universal Server – Multiformat streaming server for delivering MPEG-4, 3GP, H.264, H.263, AAC and other codecs on Linux, Solaris and Windows OS from RealNetworks

External links

• Darwin Streaming Server
• Darwin Streaming Server developers mailing list archive
• Darwin Streaming Server users mailing list archive
• How to install the Darwin Streaming Server