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QuickTime Broadcaster

QuickTime Broadcaster is media streaming software produced by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. The software is an audio and video RTP/RTSP server. It is separate from Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server, as it is not a service daemon but a desktop application. It is able to stream live video and audio over a network in any QuickTime supported streaming codec.

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QuickTime Broadcaster
DeveloperApple Inc.
Stable release
1.5.3 / 27 January 2009 (2009-01-27)
Operating systemMac OS X
TypeServer software
LicenseFreeware
Websitewww.apple.com/quicktime/broadcaster/

QuickTime Broadcaster is media streaming software produced by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X.1 The software is an audio and video RTP/RTSP server. It is separate from Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server, as it is not a service daemon but a desktop application. It is able to stream live video and audio over a network in any QuickTime supported streaming codec.

Most QuickTime software was functionally defunct as of the release of macOS Catalina in 2019, with most functionality replaced by AVFoundation.2

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  1. Nagel, David (14 December 2007). "QuickTime Broadcaster Expands Standards Support". Campus Technology. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. hoakley (2022-03-26). "Explainer: Whatever happened to QuickTime?". The Eclectic Light Company. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
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