Juniper MEDIA FLOW PUBLISHER User manual

DATASHEET

Product Description

The advent of tablet PCs, large screen mobile devices, and increasingly ubiquitous

wireless access is driving the consumption of premium video entertainment content out of

the living room. Consumers increasingly desire and expect access to all types of content

on any device, at any location, and at any time.

The ability to deliver content to multiple screens is rapidly becoming a requirement for

broadband and television service providers such as cable and IPTV operators, as well as

content providers themselves. However, delivering content to multiple devices over the

Internet requires a different approach than that of traditional TV and video on demand

(VOD). Variables in device capabilities and connection quality mean that multiscreen

content delivery requires adaptive bit-rate streaming—the ability of the video to adjust in

response to changing conditions. This typically means investment in costly, specialized

encoders that directly support adaptive stream segmentation, and additional servers that

provide the adaptive stream packaging and metadata publishing.

Juniper Networks® Media Flow Publisher is an optional application that enables the

Juniper Networks Media Flow Solution to perform adaptive stream segmentation, stream

packaging, metadata publishing, and adaptive stream format translation. Media Flow

Publisher enables network operators and content providers to leverage their existing TV

and video encoding infrastructure for adaptive stream production, eliminating the need for

specialized encoders and servers.

With Media Flow Publisher, customers can more rapidly and cost-effectively introduce

new services that capitalize on delivering content to multiple screens.

Architecture and Key Components

An optional application within Media Flow, Media Flow Publisher complements and

extends the capabilities of Media Flow Controller. Media Flow Controller is innovative

content delivery and caching software that enables customers to deliver and distribute

rich media with maximum performance, efficiency, and scale. Customers using Media

Flow Controller can leverage Media Flow Publisher to add adaptive stream publishing

capabilities to their content delivery and caching solution.

Product Overview

Shiing consumer viewing habits are

reshaping the way content is delivered

to subscribers. Users are increasingly

expecting entertainment content to

be available not just on their television,

but also on a variety of other Internet-

connected devices. Delivering premium

content to these multiple screens

represents a tremendous business

opportunity; however, it also presents a

number of technical challenges.

Media Flow Publisher is a Juniper

Networks Media Flow Controller

application that enables cable

operators, IPTV providers, and content

publishers to leverage their existing video

infrastructure to cost-eectively extend

the delivery of premium, high quality

content to multiple end user devices.

JUNIPER NETWORKS MEDIA

FLOW PUBLISHER

A Media Flow Controller Application

Features and Beneﬁts

FEATURE DESCRIPTION BENEFITS

Content segmentation and

packaging

Ingests H.264-encoded multi bit rate video streams and

publishes in adaptive delivery format

• Eliminates need for specialized adaptive encoders

• Reduces capital and operational expense

• Protects investment in standard video encoders

Converged format support Support for all major adaptive streaming formats,

including Apple, Adobe, and Microso

Reduces TCO by consolidating the delivery of multiple

adaptive stream methods in one server

Format translation Ability to convert between Microso, Adobe, and Apple

adaptive stream formats with metadata

Facilitates delivery to multiple end user devices

and types

Live and VOD publishing Supports publishing for both live steaming and VOD

ﬁle assets

Enables converged infrastructure for multiple services

and content types

Figure 1 illustrates how Media Flow Publisher fits within the Media

Flow Solution. For more details on Media Flow Controller and the

entire Media Flow Solution, please refer to the solution datasheet

at www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/datasheets/1000316-en.pdf.

Figure 1: Media Flow Publisher is an optional application

with Media Flow

Media Flow Publisher provides HTTP adaptive stream content

segmentation, packaging, and metadata support for industry-

leading formats, including Apple HTTP Adaptive Streaming,

Microsoft Smooth Streaming (Silverlight), and Adobe HTTP

Dynamic Streaming (Flash). Media Flow Publisher can ingest

multiple H.264 video streams or files (live or on demand) and

publish the content for adaptive stream delivery, with the

associated metadata, in any of these formats. Additionally, Media

Flow Publisher can convert content between Microsoft, Adobe,

and Apple adaptive stream formats.

By consolidating the publishing and delivery of multiple adaptive

streaming formats on a single platform, Media Flow Publisher

reduces the need for extra servers in the network, lowering costs and

enabling customers to more eciently deliver content to multiple

screens. Cable operators, IPTV providers, and content producers and

distributors can grow revenue and increase subscriber satisfaction by

delivering content to new devices in new ways.

The graphics below illustrate examples of how Media Flow

Publisher can be deployed.

Media Flow Publisher

Adaptive Stream

Publishing

Future

Applications

x86 Servers

Hardware

Additional Applications

Media Flow Controller

Content Caching and Delivery Engine

Media Flow Solution

VXA Series Media

Flow Engines

Mobile

Live Streams

H.264

VOD Sources

Media

Encoder

IPTV/Cable TV Operator Headend

IPTV/Cable TV Regional Networks

Backbone

network

Media Flow

Controller

Media Flow

Publisher

Media Flow

Controller

Media Flow

Publisher

Adaptive

Streaming

Delivery

Adaptive

Streaming

Delivery

Figure 2: Cable operators and IPTV providers can deploy Media Flow Publisher in the edge. By performing the stream

segmentation and packaging at the edge, the amount of trac across the network is reduced.

Mobile

Content Sources

Media

Encoder

Origin Data Center

H.264

Media Flow

Controller

Media Flow

Publisher

Adaptive

Streaming

Delivery

Figure 3: For content providers, Media Flow Publisher performs the stream segmentation and packaging in the origin

data center before content is delivered across the Internet.

Media Flow Publisher Speciﬁcations

Soware requirements

• Must be deployed in conjunction with Media Flow Controller

Hardware options

• Juniper Networks VXA Series Media Flow Engine

• Select x86-64 server families with at least 4 GB of RAM

(including Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant BL/DL series G5/G6,

IBM X Series, Super Micro DP Xeon Series, Sun X4100 Series,

and more)

Live publishing performance

• Up to 100 simultaneous streams per VXA Series Media Flow

Engine

Adaptive stream formats

• Apple HTTP Adaptive Streaming (iPhone/iPad), Microsoft

Smooth Streaming (Silverlight), Adobe HTTP Dynamic

Streaming (Flash)

Codecs

• H.264 AVC/AAC, VC-1 (ISMV file sources only)

Live stream formats

• MPEG2TS/UDP/IP

VOD ﬁle formats

• ISMV, MPEG.TS, F4X/F4F

Juniper Networks Service and Support

Juniper Networks is the leader in performance-enabling services

and support, which are designed to accelerate, extend, and

optimize your high-performance network. Our services allow

you to bring revenue-generating capabilities online faster so

you can realize bigger productivity gains and faster rollouts of

new business models and ventures. At the same time, Juniper

Networks ensures operational excellence by optimizing your

network to maintain required levels of performance, reliability, and

availability. For more details, please visit www.juniper.net/us/en/

products-services.

Ordering Information

Media Flow Publisher must be deployed in conjunction with Media

Flow Controller. For information on ordering Media Flow Controller,

please refer to the product datasheet.

1000344-001-EN Sept 2010

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About Juniper Networks

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infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment

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over a single network. This fuels high-performance businesses.

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