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.
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