How to install the Darwin Streaming Server in Linux

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1. Introduction to Darwin

The Darwin stream server is the opensource version of Apple QuickTime stream server. It is fully developed based on the Code of QuickTime stream server. It implements a mechanism for transmitting QuickTime streams over the network. Darwin has the following features:

1. web management interfaces;

2. Open source code;

3. Supports Mac OS X Server, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 Server, and other operating systems;

4. Compared with the previous version of QuickTime stream server, the performance has been greatly improved;

II. Implementation steps

1. Download Darwin from the apple site:

Http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/streaming/release/DarwinStreamingServer5.5-Linux.tar.gz

2. unbind the tar package:

# Tar xvzf DarwinStreamingServer3-Linux.tar.gz

This will generate a DarwinStreamingSrvr3-Linux directory in the current directory to enter the directory.

3. Run the Install installation script to Install Darwin:

#./Install

The directory structure after installation is as follows:

/Usr/local/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer? Stream server program directory

/Usr/local/sbin/streamingadminserver. pl-QTSS Web Management Server

/Usr/local/sbin/StreamingServerModules/-QTSS plug-in

/Usr/local/bin/PlaylistBroadcaster? Playlist Broadcast

/Usr/local/bin/qtpasswd? Password File for access control

/Usr/local/bin/SpamPro-RTSP client Tool

/Etc/streaming/-QTSS configuration file

/Usr/local/Movies/-media file placement directory

/Var/streaming/-User Manual

/Var/streaming/logs? Log directory

/Var/streaming/playlists? Manage playlist files on the Web

4. Configure the server:

After the installation is complete, streamingadminserver. pl runs automatically. You can use this perl script (which is actually a small web Server) to manage the Darwin Streaming Server. For future management convenience, you can add a line in the/etc/rc. d/rc. local script:

/Usr/local/sbin/streamingadminserver. pl

In this way, scripts are automatically allowed to be managed every time the system is started.

Enter:

Http: // your_server_name: 1220

Your_server_name is the host name of your stream server. You can also use an IP address.

Then you can enter the web management interface.

Default administrator username: streamingadmin

Default Administrator Password: default

After entering the web management interface, you can perform the following configurations:

A. Server Snapshot: Server Status Monitoring;

B. Movies Directory:

Directory setting for media files. The default value is/usr/local/movies /;

C. Authentication Scheme:

Sets the user authentication scheme. The default value is Digest. If you use the QuickTime4 client, you must select Basic;

D. Streaming on Port 80:

Set whether to use port 80 as the server service port. If you select no, you can specify other ports in the/etc/streaming/streaingloadtool. conf file;

E. Maximum Number of Connections:

Maximum number of customer connections. The default value is 1000;

F. Maximum Throughput:

Maximum bandwidth used. The default value is 100 MB;

G. start/stop the Darwin Streaming Server;

You can also set log files and create a playlist.

5. Install the client:

Download QuickTime from Apple

Http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Install the SDK on windows XP as prompted.

6. test:

After the installation is complete, the/usr/local/movies directory contains a sample. mov file, which can be used for testing. Start QuickTime on the client, and then click

File à Open URL in new player

In the displayed dialog box, enter: rtsp: // your_server_name: 554/sample. mov.

(Assume 554 is used as the service port)