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QuickTime Streaming Services
Example StreamsMacServe.net provides robust high speed QuickTime Streaming Services (QTSS) for third-parties large and small.
Pricing for QTSS is done on the basis of the amount of data transferred in a single month. The unit of measure is Gigabytes (1024x1024x1024 bytes).
| Starter | Basic | Standard | Studio | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk Space: | 100 MB | 200 MB | 300 MB | 500 MB | 1000 MB | |
| Monthly Transfer: | up to 1 GB | 5 | 10 | 20 | 50 | > 50 GB |
| AppleShare Accounts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Please contact us for a quote. |
| Monthly: | $20 | $40 | $80 | $160 | $300 | |
| Setup: | $20 | $20 | $20 | $40 | $60 |
Building streamed movies is getting easier, but still takes some time and thought put in to do it right. Some of the things you must consider when planning access to stored movies for streaming is the size of your audience (especially concurrent connection load) and the data rate of the stream they will be accessing.
Computing the bandwidth of a streaming server is proportionate to the number of clients x the bitrate of the movies they are watching.
Examples:
50 clients x 1.5Mbit (LAN/Intranet) = 60-75 Mbit/sec
250 clients x 300kbit (DSL/cable modem) = 60-75 Mbit/sec
1000 clients x 42kbit (Modem - 56kbps) = 40-45 Mbit/sec
1000 clients x 28.8kbit (Modem - 33.6kbps) = 24-30 Mbit/sec
Obviously, in real life you will probably have a number of movies at various bitrates, all being viewed simultaneously from many users... so you can't just multiply your number of users by some number. With all of that said, these numbers should give you a some general numbers to estimate your usage.
How to create Streaming MP3 files.
In it's October 1999 issue, MacWorld magazine had an excellent tutorial on getting started with making streamed movies:
Macworld: Master Streaming with QuickTime 4
Apple has some excellent resources on their web site:
The QuickTime Authoring resource, which covers just about anything you'd like to know about creating and distributing QuickTime materials. Be sure to check out the Tutorials.
Even better is the QuickTime Streaming Server FAQ.
| Looking for an excellent resource on how to build QuickTime for distribution on the Web? Here it is. Straight from Apple's Developer Series. | |
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