Cast server
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The live broadcast server is used to support real-time streaming media transmission, mainly for hosting and distributing live broadcast content. They provide the infrastructure that enables content providers to transmit real-time video and audio content to viewers, enabling real-time interaction and communication.
The following are some key functions and features of the live broadcast server:
Streaming media transmission: The live broadcast server supports real-time streaming media transmission, and can process and distribute video and audio content to viewers. These contents can be live events, sports events, concerts, educational courses, etc.
Encoding and decoding: The live broadcast server usually provides encoding and decoding functions to convert video and audio content into streaming media format and ensure high-quality transmission and playback experience.
Content distribution network (CDN): In order to improve the playback performance and reduce latency, the live broadcast server is usually integrated with the content distribution network (CDN), which distributes content through caching nodes around the world to ensure that viewers can quickly obtain content from the nearest node.
Real time processing: The live broadcast server needs to process a large number of real-time data streams, including video coding, decoding, transcoding, distribution, etc. Therefore, they usually need high-performance hardware and optimized streaming media processing software.
Interactivity: Some live broadcast servers support real-time interaction between viewers and anchors, such as real-time comments, likes, gifts, etc. These functions require the server to support real-time communication and message delivery.
Security: The live broadcast server needs to ensure the security and legitimacy of the content to prevent unauthorized access and stolen broadcast. Therefore, they usually implement access control, content encryption, digital rights management and other security measures.