Sun Microsystems 2.1 Content Preparation and Loading, 5Sun MediaCenter Servers in LAN environment

FIGURE 1-5Sun MediaCenter Servers in LAN environment

1.5Content Preparation and Loading

The Sun MediaCenter software specifies a format for content, described in Chapter 2, “Preparing and Loading Content.”

Sun MediaCenter software uses the Content Manager for storing video content on the server. The Content Manager offers the following interfaces:

■A set of RPCs that enable moving of content between local storage and a Sun MediaCenter server. Also, there are RPCs to delete and rename content and to manipulate access control lists.

■A client library based on the RPCs described in the preceding bullet. This library provides you the features of the RPCs and frees you from having to deal with network programming.

■CmTool, a Web-based interface for transferring video content onto a Sun MediaCenter server.

■A set of utilities based on the Content Manager. These include smc_tar, smc_copy, and a Sun MediaCenter FTP daemon. In some cases, these utilities automatically create the administrative files that support a bit stream.

Once content is stored in the MFS, you use the MSM to play it. The MSM supports VCR-like functions, such as play, pause, fast-forward (at multiple speeds), and reverse.

1-10Sun MediaCenter Server Administrator’s Guide • December 1997