QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.3
System Requirements:
Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later or Mac OS X Server v10.4.10 or later
400 Mhz G3 processor or faster (Power PC G5 or Intel processor recommended for H.264 broadcasting) and FireWire ports
At least 256 MB of RAM
File Size: 1.03MB
QuickTime Broadcaster
Welcome to QuickTime Broadcaster, Apple's standards-based live encoding software that lets you produce professional-quality live events for delivery over the Internet or high speed cellular networks ----- quickly, easily, and affordably.
Supported Video Sources
Digital Video (DV) camera with FireWire output for DV audio and video
iSight Camera
FireWire-based analog to DV converters (e.g. Sony Media Converter)
Supported Audio Sources
DV Audio from FireWire
USB Audio (e.g. Griffin iMic)
Built-in audio
Changes in QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.3
QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5.3 improves audio/video synchronization when recording broadcasts to disk
New in QuickTime Broadcaster 1.5
H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10 video) live broadcasting
3G streaming support for sending live broadcasts to multimedia enabled cell phones
Dramatically improved performance for streaming 640x480 30fps video
Increased standards support including 3GPP and ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance)
QuickTime Broadcaster features
Support for broadcasting ISO-compliant MPEG-4 audio (AAC LC) and MPEG-4 video (MPEG-4 Part 2)
Instant VOD automatically saves the live broadcast to the hard drive and prepares it for streaming (creates "hint tracks")
for immediate delivery via a streaming server for on-demand viewing of the live event after it has occurred
Basic view includes presets for popular broadcasting configurations, making it easy to start broadcasting
Expanded view allows for the creation of custom settings that can be saved and shared with others
Integration with QuickTime Streaming Server for easy broadcasting to a large audience and remote administration.
This is a just a sampling of the features in QuickTime Broadcaster. For more details on these and the other capabilities of QuickTime Broadcaster please visit the QuickTime web site at www.apple.com/quicktime.