Sun Microsystems MEDIACENTER 2.1 - Manual (Page 16)

1-4 Sun MediaCenter Server Administrator’s Guide • December 1997
1.3 Sun MediaCenter Software
The Sun MediaCenter software has three major components, the Media File System
(MFS), the Media Stream Manager (MSM), and the Content Manager (CM). (In
addition to these, there are special network interface drivers, which are tightly
coupled with the MFS.) The relationship of these modules is illustrated in
FIGURE 1-2.
FIGURE 1-2 Sun MediaCenter Software Architecture
Media File System
Video Streams
Network Drivers
Media Stream
Media Stream
Content Manager
RPC
User Space
Kernel Space
Sun MediaCenter
Server
Manager
Content
Manager
Media Stream
Manager
Client
Content
Manager
Manager Client API Client API
RPC
Content
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