2. Set-up Media Streaming Server
In this chapter, you will learn:
o Describe what is a media server
o Identify the different type of media server
o Identify the usage of a media server
4. Media Server
• A dedicated computer or a specialized
software, ranging from an enterprise class
machine providing video on demand.
• A small personal computer or NAS for
storing various digital media
5. Streaming Media
• Constantly
received by and
presented to
an end-
user while being
delivered by a
streaming
provider.
6. Live Streaming
• Delivering live over the Internet, involves:
o camera for the media
o encoder to digitize the content
o media publisher
o content delivery network to distribute and deliver
the content
7. Media Servers in
Performance Environments
• High-spec home computers:
o Increased RAM
o Hard drive technologies such as RAID arrays
or solid-state drives
8. Media Servers in
Performance Environments
• Motion graphics in:
o Theatre,
o Dance,
o Corporate Events
o Rock tours
• Supplied with software which allows the
control and manipulation of video content
-a VJ software.
9. Media Servers in
Performance Environments
• A media server system may include:
o DMX512-A
o MIDI or similar control protocols
10. Media Servers in Telephony
• In the world of telephony,
o a media server is the computing component that
processes the audio and/or video streams
associated with telephone calls or connections
11. Media Servers in Telephony
• VoIP technology (Protocols)
o Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
o Netann
o MSCML
o MSML
o MediaCTRL (under development at the IETF)
12. Media Servers in Telephony
• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
o Defines a component called the MRF (Media
Resource Function), a kind of media server
o In IMS, the 'controlling logic' is provided by the
MRFC (MRF controller),
o Along with layers above constitutes an
'application server'.
13. Purpose of a Media Server
• A media server is a device that simply
stores and shares media like a:
o Network-attached storage
o PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition
o MediaPortal
o MythTV
o Commercial web server that hosts media for a
large web site
14. Purpose of a Media Server
• Home setting:
o a media server acts as an aggregator of
information: video, audio, photos, books, etc.
o stored on the media server's hard drive (pics,
music, video, docs, etc etc)
o Access is available from a central location
o Can be access the media from a remote location
via the internet.