Architecture and functionality of Mediaserver

Main components

Linux system service

A multithreaded service implemented in C/C++

Configuration

media-server.ini

A configuration file for mediaserver where the following can be configured:

• Cluster

• Number of system threads

• Network ports and available services

• SSL and secret keys for authorization tokens

• Plug-in modules

• Archival storage paths

streams/<uid>.ini

A configuration file for each processed stream where the following can be configured:

• Unique stream identifier (UID)

• Which channels to capture (video, audio, application)

• DVR recording (storage duration, where to record)

• Reconnection intervals

• RTSP source URL (which camera to capture)

RTSP stream capture

The function performs the following actions:

• Connection

• Reconnection in case of connection loss

• RTP defragmentation

Archive (DVR)

The component has the following functions:

• Indexing media data

• Content storage

• Creating ranges (indexing)

• Removing outdated records

• Event-based recording

Playback

The function performs the following actions:

• Client authorization for playback:

  • Public, unlimited stream access

  • Protected, access to the stream requires a list of allowed IP addresses (whitelist)

  • Private, access to the stream is based on a temporary token

• Conversion to HLS, MP4, RTSP formats

• Media content delivery

• Preview and Videoshot

WEB interface(cpanel)

• LUA interface (for modification)

• Stream status

• Stream information

• System and server resource information

API module

• LUA interface (for modification)

• Server, cluster, stream information

• Stream management

• Access token generation

Cluster (reservation)

The component has the following functions:

• Primary, backup server for the stream

• Checking server status

• Recovery of streams in case the primary server fails

• Stream transfer