Oracle Video server Manual page 4

Broadband ................................................................................................................................... 1-11
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) .............................................................................. 1-12
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Transport Systems .......................................................... 1-12
Enterprise .................................................................................................................................... 1-13
Internet......................................................................................................................................... 1-14
Putting It Together: The Video Round Trip ................................................................................. 1-15
All Environments........................................................................................................................ 1-15
1. Client Tier .................................................................................................................. 1-15
2. Network ..................................................................................................................... 1-15
3. Application Server Tier ........................................................................................... 1-15
4. Data Server Tier (Optional)..................................................................................... 1-15
Scenario 1: Broadband Environment ....................................................................................... 1-16
Scenario 2: Enterprise Environment......................................................................................... 1-18
Scenario 3: Internet Environment............................................................................................. 1-19
Beyond the Basics ............................................................................................................................. 1-20
Maintaining an OVS System ..................................................................................................... 1-20
Creating Applications ................................................................................................................ 1-21
Chapter 2 System Architecture
Oracle Video Server (OVS) ............................................................................................................... 2-2
Content ........................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Physical Content .................................................................................................................... 2-2
Compression Formats.................................................................................................... 2-2
MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group) .................................................................... 2-3
Container (Mux) Formats.............................................................................................. 2-3
MPEG-1 System and MPEG-2 Transport.................................................................... 2-3
RKF (Raw Key Frame) Container Formats ................................................................. 2-4
Tag Files ........................................................................................................................... 2-4
One-Step Encoding......................................................................................................... 2-4
Continuous Real-Time Feeds........................................................................................ 2-5
Logical Content ...................................................................................................................... 2-5
Storage ............................................................................................................................................ 2-6
Real-Time Access ................................................................................................................... 2-6
Files .......................................................................................................................................... 2-6
Write Consistency .......................................................................................................... 2-7
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