Multimedia content delivery over LANs and WANs

Multimedia content delivery over LANs and WANsPatrick CoeEKU Technology departmentEET 499 CET/CEN Capstone project 2009

1OutlineDevelop both a reliable and cost effective method of storing and delivering multimedia content in a diverse environment.Configure and allow administrators secure remote access to the distribution system.Ensure client accessibility and ease of use.

MotivationPersonal interest after doing work at both a cable TV and radio station in Carahue, ChileAn interest in making interactive methods of learning accessible to a larger audience.Personal interest in Linux based operating systems and their capabilitiesTo make peoples lives easier

IntroductionVoice and video over IP have become common. Skype and YouTube are popular examples.

IntroductionBusiness meetings can happen without physical presenceA professor can lecture to classes in different locations

IntroductionFacility has over three-hundred client computers and over one thousand users across 3 buildings.

Problem StatementHow do we implement a multimedia distribution system to handle these users?How do we keep this solution cost-effective and scalable

ServersDell PowerEdge 4400-733 MHz Pentium III Xeon processor-256 MB registered SDRAM-four 9 GB SCSI HDDs in a RAID-5 configuration-Web-cam-TV-tunerDell Optiplex GX110-1200 MHz Celeron Processor

-384 MB SDRAM-two 30 GB IDE HDDs

-Web-cam

SoftwareWindows 2003 ServerUbuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron)VideoLANWindows Media EncoderWindows Media ServicestightVNCLogMeIn

Design

Remote Access

System in practice

Dead serverThunderstorm destroyed the Ubuntu ServerSystem still works in place due to built in redundancy

ConclusionGreat learning experienceCheap and scalableIt works! You can go to http://www.wburg.k12.ky.us/extra/jackettv/archivepage.htm and view videos available on the web

Future WorkLive-CD distributionSecure web access to multimediaMythTV as an easy to use client

Thank you for watchingGreetings from Europe! permanent e-mail: coepatrick@gmail.com

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Ubuntu File Server

Ubuntu VideoLAN Server

Webcam

Windows Media Services

Windows Media Encoder

TV Tuner

FM/AM Tuner

Webcam

Web Server

Clients (Students/Teachers/Staff)

Internet*

*Theoretical, due to the network environment this portion could not be implemented

World Wide Web