Design and implementation of a PC-based video-on-demand system

Author

Kao, Hung-Yu ; Kuo, Yu-Chen ; Huang, Shing-Tsaan ; Wang, Biing-Feng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1998

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

45

Abstract

In the recent years, VOD (Video-On-Demand) systems have been extensively proposed, researched and developed because of their great marketable value. In this paper, we propose a total solution to construct and implement a practical PC-based VOD system. From the viewpoint of implementation, we separate our VOD system into three separate modules, including storage management module, communication module and playback module. We propose some special design, such as disk modeling and scheduling, lightweight transmission protocol and some playback mechanisms for these modules to meet the requirements of a VOD system

Keywords

interactive television; protocols; storage management; PC-based video-on-demand system; communication module; disk modeling; lightweight transmission protocol; playback mechanisms; playback module; storage management module; Computer science; Content management; Data communication; Ethernet networks; Hard disks; Mathematics; Network servers; Processor scheduling; Protocols; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Networking, 1998. (ICOIN-12) Proceedings., Twelfth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7225-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOIN.1998.648351

Filename

648351