1.2.0 Distribution
Server and client components work collaboratively within the network infrastructure to enable the storage, management, and delivery of audiovisual content. The server serves as the authoritative source of content, while clients act as the end-user interfaces, facilitates access and playback. The interaction between servers and clients via network protocols and additional software components create a seamless audiovisual streaming experience.
The server is a powerful computer system stores and delivers audiovisual content. It hosts multimedia files, manages user requests, and handles encoding and transcoding of media streams.
The clients are devices (such as computers, smartphones, or smart TVs) connect to the server to request and receive audiovisual content.
1.2.1.0 Server Responsibilities
The server is the central component manages and distributes audiovisual content. It serves as a repository for multimedia files, which could include video, audio, images, and other related data.
1.2.1.1.0 Content Management
The server handles user requests, manages access to content, and organizes multimedia files in a structured manner for efficient retrieval.
1.2.1.2.0Encoding/Transcoding
Our Visual Studio Telecommunications CompilerTM (VStCTM) administers the client’s capabilities and network conditions, the server responsible for encoding or transcoding media streams into different formats or resolutions to ensure optimal playback.
1.2.2.1.0 Device Variety
Clients are the end-user devices connect to the server to access and consume audiovisual content. These devices can range from traditional computers and laptops to modern smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other internet-connected gadgets.
1.2.2.2.0 User Interaction
Clients provide a user interface, whether through web browsers, applications, or media players allow users to interact with the server. Users can browse content, send requests, and control playback.
1.2.2.3.0 Content Display
The client’s role decodes and renders the audiovisual streams received from the server and presents them to the user in a comprehensible and engaging manner.