
controlled by the Content Manager (CM). Utilities that use the CM are described in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6. The CM server and client APIs are described in the Sun MediaCenter Server Programmer’s Guide.
FIGURE 7-1 illustrates the separation of data and control flows with respect to the Sun MediaCenter server.
Sun MediaCenter
Server
Media Stream Manager
Control
Content Manager
Content
ATM/LAN
Data
FIGURE 7-1 Separation of Data, Content Management, and Control
The server data output mechanism supports two types of network data links: SunATM and SunFastEthernet (100BaseT). The data formats and addressing for each type of link is described in the following sections.
7.2ATM Encapsulation
This subsection describes the different ways the ATM data packets that are output from the server can be encapsulated.
7.2.1MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packet Encapsulation
The encapsulation for