The design and architecture of a video library system

Author

Lin, Chang-Li ; Guan, Sheng-Uei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Sci., Yuan-Ze Inst. of Technol., Chungli, Taiwan

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

91

Abstract

The authors describe a video-on-demand system that uses personal computers with LANs, making it possible to offer video services with low cost and a wide range of applications. This design approach brings down the cost and may find a wider scope of application in the future. Our research focuses on the underlying software architecture for video library services. We assume the existence of an adequate operating system (OS), network and disk support. We survey related VOD research, introduce services supporting video library, and cover the system architecture and design. We discuss the architecture of our video library server and clients; describe our system implementation, and examine future directions

Keywords

interactive television; interactive video; local area networks; microcomputer applications; multimedia communication; network servers; telecommunication computing; video equipment; LAN; VOD research; disk support; multimedia technology; network support; operating system; personal computers; software architecture; system architecture; system design; video library server; video library services; video library system; video services; video-on-demand system; Application software; Cable TV; Computer architecture; Costs; Electronic mail; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Software libraries; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.482251

Filename

482251