Deliver real-time media content to remote clients using Internet streaming.
The software offers high degree of customizability and runs on multiple platforms, making it incredibly adaptable to various needs. It's well structured and provides a stable platform on which users can build and develop their productions. It is ideal for developers who seek an alternative platform for their projects or who need to modify the existing server code to fit their media streaming requirements.
Moreover, Darwin Streaming Server is an open source project that's supported by the open source community. However, it's not eligible for technical support from Apple. Nevertheless, developers can join Apple's email discussion lists to get help with deployment scenarios, share ideas, and solve any problems that they may encounter.
QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) is a commercial streaming server delivered as part of Mac OS X Server with enhanced administration, and media management tools unavailable in the open-source Darwin Streaming Server. Technical support is available for QTSS as part of the AppleCare support plans provided for Mac OS X Server and Xserve.
Both Darwin Streaming Server and QTSS are built to provide state of the art quality of service features with skip protection and instant-on, and support for the latest digital media standards, MPEG-4 and 3GPP. With Darwin Streaming Server, users get an open source, scalable, and customizable media streaming solution that's perfect for any project.
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