Qumu MediaNet
Live Webcast Video
Qumu MediaNet for Live Webcasting automates end-to-end management of live video webcasts over a network of clustered media servers to provide an unparalleled level of security and fault-tolerant reliability. MediaNet allows customers to leverage new or existing streaming media servers and create a tightly connected, fully managed live webcast delivery network.
Qumu MediaNet Features
- Publishing Point Automation
- MediaNet automates the setting up of publishing points on all streaming servers in a customer's network environment. It supports any routes that a stream can take to reach a destination server. It recognizes various roles that a streaming server may play in such routes: origin (ingest) point, distribution node, edge node. Users are provided with a simple user interface to select origin and destination nodes and MediaNet selects a distribution route. MediaNet allows users to direct content only where it is needed (thus saving bandwidth) by offering the option to select particular edge nodes or groups of edge nodes. MediaNet also provides automatic routing of user requests to the closest streaming media edge server, and failover to the second closest server.
- Unicast and Multicast Flexibility
- MediaNet allows the administrator to specify whether a publishing point is capable of supporting multicast or unicast, and provides multicast-to-unicast failover only on designated servers.
- Streaming Server Monitoring
- MediaNet automatically monitors all streaming servers and displays failure notices immediately if any of the servers fail. This provides administrators with the tools they need to ensure a successful event for the viewing audience.
- Failover
- MediaNet uses automatically-generated server-side playlists to implement a robust level of failover across the network. Playlists are generated on origin streaming servers, distribution servers, and edge servers to provide automated failover for encoders and streaming servers at all levels.
- Multicast Announcement Automation
- MediaNet automatically creates multicast announcement files (e.g. .NSC files for Windows Media) for dynamically-created publishing points on edge servers. The announcement files are built in a way that guarantees uninterrupted viewing in the case of an encoder failure.
- Live Broadcast Workflow
- MediaNet provides a simple interface to manage the testing, provisioning, starting, monitoring, stopping, and tearing down of the dynamic streaming network configuration.
Benefits
- Saves time by automating the creation and tearing down of “publishing points” on streaming media servers.
- Improves viewer retention by ensuring that viewers remain connected to the video stream in the case of an encoder or streaming server failure.
- Enhances viewer experience by eliminating delays.
- Allows administrators to supply both multicast and unicast options by location.
- Automates the monitoring of connections during a live event so any problems can be detected and solved immediately.
Contact us to see how MediaNet can enhance your video infrastructure.
