Implementation of VOD system based on Linux operating system

Summary

This paper introduces the methods and steps of using Darwin Streaming server to realize VOD system under Linux.

A brief introduction of Darwin

Darwin Streaming Server is a opensource version of Apple's QuickTime streaming server, which is based entirely on QuickTime Stream server code, and realizes a mechanism to propagate QuickTime flow on the network. Darwin has some of the following features:

1. with Web management interface;

2. Open source code;

3. supports a variety of operating systems such as Mac OS X server, Linux, Solaris, freebsd,windows NT 4.0/windows server;

4. Compared with the previous version of the QuickTime streaming server, performance has been greatly enhanced.

Second, the realization step

1. Download Darwin from Apple site

Http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/streaming/release/DarwinStreaming server3-linux.tar.gz

2. Unlock the tar pack

# tar Xvzf darwinstreamingserver3-linux.tar.gz This will generate a darwinstreamingsrvr3-linux directory in the current directory and enter the directory.

3. Perform install installation script installation Darwin:

#./install

After the installation is complete, the directory structure is as follows:

/usr/local/sbin/QuickTimeStreamingServer – 流服务器程序目录
　　/usr/local/sbin/streamingadminserver.pl - QTSS Web 管理服务器
　　/usr/local/sbin/StreamingServerModules/ - QTSS 插件
　　/usr/local/bin/PlaylistBroadcaster – 播放列表广播
　　/usr/local/bin/qtpasswd – 进行访问控制的密码文件
　　/usr/local/bin/SpamPro - RTSP 客户端工具
　　/etc/streaming/ - QTSS 配置文件
　　/usr/local/Movies/ - 媒体文件放置目录
　　/var/streaming/ - 用户手册
　　/var/streaming/logs – 日志目录
　　/var/streaming/playlists – Web管理播放列表文件