Dme Supported Applications; Dme Features And Benefits - VBrick dme Admin Manual

D M E Su p p o rt e d Ap p li c a t i o n s
The H.264 Distributed Media Engine is deployed on the network edge to support endpoints
requiring RTP or RTMP (Flash) streams as well as firewall-friendly HTTP progressive
downloads. It supports enhanced scalability and performance across the Vbrick suite of
applications including:
• Meeting and Event Broadcasting – Provides ubiquitous access to high quality broadcasts
and corresponding rich media content at the network edge.
• Training and Lecture Capture – Flash streaming and progressive download via HTTP
allow for distribution of content to a wide variety of clients including mobile devices.
• Television Distribution – Simplifies multicast distribution at remote buildings or
locations that might not be connected by multicast enabled WAN connections.
• Enterprise YouTube® – Local content storage reduces burden on WAN.
• Surveillance & Monitoring – Deliver more content to diverse endpoints over challenging
or far flung network environments.
• Digital Signage – Enhanced performance for greater scalability.
D M E Fe a t u re s a n d B e n e f i t s
• Bandwidth Conservation – Redistribute high quality, live or on-demand, media via RTP
multicast; enables more end users to share a single media stream. Leveraging multicast
eliminates the need to incrementally scale network bandwidth to support more viewers.
• Media Transformation – Stream high quality H.264 content once and leverage the DME
at distributed locations to deliver multiple formats (RTP, RTMP Flash, and/or HTTP
progressive download) to reach multiple types of endpoints.
• Mobile Device Support – Enables delivery of live H.264 content to mobile devices as
Flash video or supports HTTP progressive download of video-on-demand content.
• Transrating provides for delivery of content to mobile devices of different types on
networks of varying quality.
• Intelligent Central Management – Content is created once and then intelligently managed
by the Vbrick Enterprise Media System (VEMS) regardless of the location. Stored
content is appropriately distributed to local DMEs so users have faster access to
frequently viewed content without the need to contend with constrained WAN or
Internet links.
• Robust Appliance Design – Requiring only a web browser for management, the DME
eliminates the need to separately manage patches and security updates on commercial
server operating systems.
• Secure – Designed to meet the security requirements of demanding government
information assurance policies.
• Firewall Friendly – Supports video on demand content via HTTP download; eliminating
barriers imposed by network security policies.
• Enhanced User Experience – Increases user adoption and impact by assuring
outstanding picture quality and response from video applications. The DME easily
accommodates increased user demand without degrading performance or the user
experience.
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