Creating Applications - Oracle Video server Manual

Creating Applications

One of the greatest strengths of OVS is its extensibility; you can create custom-built
versions of both the server and the client portions of this digital-video system.
The
portion of the OVS system serves basic digital video display needs out of the box, it
also offers the ability to customize and create a wide variety of tailored client
applications. The video client is available, and provides for creation of custom
applications, in an assortment of platforms, including:
You can learn more about the OVC and its extensibility in the Oracle Video Client
Developer's Guide.
The server is designed to provide an out-of-the-box solution to your delivery needs
for digital video. However, you can tailor it to exactly suit your needs, by using the
rich application programming interfaces (APIs) included with the OVS software.
For example, you could build a client application for your set-top box or a real-time
encoder. To learn more about using the OVS APIs, see the Oracle Video Server
Developer's Guide.
Oracle Video Client (OVC)
Platform-native versions for Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT
Java- and JavaScript-based versions for deployment on a variety of operating
systems
a plug-in for use in Web pages
is designed with customization in mind. While this
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