Darwin Streaming Server

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.

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	OS X, Linux, Windows
Type	RTSP server
License	Apple Public Source License
Website	http://dss.macosforge.org/

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

• Free and open-source software portal

• 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