IT2032PA Content Management

System (CMS)Nitec in Social Media & Web Technology

Set-up Media Streaming Server

In this chapter, you will learn:o Describe what is a media servero Identify the different type of media servero Identify the usage of a media server

Media Server

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 

Streaming Media 

• Constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider. 

Live Streaming

• Delivering live over the Internet, involves:o camera for the mediao encoder to digitize the contento media publishero content delivery network to distribute and deliver

the content

Media Servers in Performance Environments

• High-spec home computers:o Increased RAM o Hard drive technologies such as RAID arrays

or solid-state drives

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.

Media Servers in Performance Environments

• A media server system may include:o DMX512-Ao MIDI or similar control protocols

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

Media Servers in Telephony

• VoIP technology (Protocols)o Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)o Netanno MSCML o MSMLo MediaCTRL (under development at the IETF)

Media Servers in Telephony

• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)o Defines a component called the MRF (Media

Resource Function), a kind of media servero In IMS, the 'controlling logic' is provided by the

MRFC (MRF controller), o Along with layers above constitutes an

'application server'.

Purpose of a Media Server

• A media server is a device that simply stores and shares media like a:o Network-attached storageo PC running Windows XP Media Center Editiono MediaPortalo MythTVo Commercial web server that hosts media for a

large web site

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 locationo Can be access the media from a remote location

via the internet.