Contents iii
Contents
1. Introduction 1-1
1.1 Introduction 1-1
1.2 Sun MediaCenter Hardware 1-2
1.3 Sun MediaCenter Software 1-4
1.3.1 Media File System (MFS) 1-5
1.3.2 Media Stream Manager 1-7
1.3.3 Content Manager 1-8
1.3.4 Web-based Tools 1-8
1.4 Video Output Interfaces 1-8
1.4.1 ATM 1-9
1.4.2 LAN 1-9
1.5 Content Preparation and Loading 1-10
1.6 Server Management 1-11
1.7 Push Model 1-11
1.8 Design Benefits 1-12
2. Preparing and Loading Content 2-1
2.1 General MPEG Encoding Requirements 2-1
2.2 MPEG Encoding Requirements for Trick Play 2-2