Introduction to network protocols related to movie servers

Network protocols play an important role in movie servers. It can be said that without network protocols, movie servers will not be able to play a normal role. This article briefly introduces several mainstream network protocols, hoping to help you understand the film server.

1. FTP: File Transfer Protocol). This Protocol allows you to upload and download files between two computers. One computer acts as the FTP client, another computer acts as an FTP server. Currently, file transmission over FTP is a widely used method for uploading and downloading files over the Internet. files that can be downloaded include almost all file formats, for example, MP3, DOC, EXE, ZIP, and TXT are commonly used.

2. MMS: Microsoft Media Server (Microsoft Media Server). You can use the MMS protocol to access and receive Media files from Windows Media Servers, such. asf ,. for example, in Windows Media Player, you can open a hyperlink containing MMS in URL mode to receive and play the Media file. Currently, the software that supports MMS download includes NetTransport audio and video conveyor belt, FlashGet Internet Express, and Steambox VCR.

3. RTSP: Real-Time Streaming Protocol). RTSP is proposed by RealNetworks and Netscape. By using this Protocol, media files can be transmitted to RealPlayer over the Internet, the network bandwidth can be effectively used to transmit media files published by the Real Server, for example. rm ,. ram. The above three download software also supports the RTSP protocol.

4. PNM: the progressive network communication protocol. It is based on the previously used RealAudio URL format protocol. Similar to the RTSP protocol, it is mainly used to process the media signal stream for RealPlayer. Currently, this protocol is rarely used to download streaming media files.

5. multithreading: MultiThread is the full name. Generally, when you use IE to download a file, the file is downloaded as a whole. with multithreading, you can divide the downloaded file into several parts for simultaneous download, after the download is completed, merge the parts. This technology can improve the download speed and efficiency. Currently, most download software supports this technology.

6. resumable upload: indicates that the downloaded part is saved if the download is interrupted or terminated during the download process. When the download is resumed, the download is automatically continued from the interrupted part, you do not need to repeat the previous part.

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