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IPS: A Lightweight Framework for Cross-Platform Multimedia Streaming Server

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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 139 - Number 7
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors:
Chao-Hsien Hsieh, Chih-Horng Ke, Chiang Lee
10.5120/ijca2016909176

Chao-Hsien Hsieh, Chih-Horng Ke and Chiang Lee. Article: IPS: A Lightweight Framework for Cross-Platform Multimedia Streaming Server. International Journal of Computer Applications 139(7):1-8, April 2016. Published by Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA. BibTeX

@article{key:article,
	author = {Chao-Hsien Hsieh and Chih-Horng Ke and Chiang Lee},
	title = {Article: IPS: A Lightweight Framework for Cross-Platform Multimedia Streaming Server},
	journal = {International Journal of Computer Applications},
	year = {2016},
	volume = {139},
	number = {7},
	pages = {1-8},
	month = {April},
	note = {Published by Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA}
}

Abstract

Multimedia presentation has been popular by used in the field of education, especially in online learning. The most common practice is to conduct a presentation by utilizing media player on web or native applications. However, this mode of operation belongs to a heavyweight practice which incurs poor performance. Considering smooth operation on all types of smartphone or PC platforms, a lightweight framework must be utilized. HTML5 and WebSocket provide good opportunities or technologies for lightweight implementation. Although both have been discussed in some papers, not any work in the literature is able to integrate these two technologies to handle multiple data types and process multimedia stream efficiently. In this study, the authors develop and implement a real-time synchronous Interactive Presentation System (IPS) which fulfills the above goal. The experimental result shows that the required bandwidth for video streaming in web applications which servicing 30 clients is around six times lower than that of native applications. CPU usage is five times lower. Memory size is ten times lower. Overall, this study provides a system framework for efficient online presentation of web applications.

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Keywords

Multimedia, Streaming, WebSocket, HTML5, RTSP.