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Introduction
VBrick WM Appliance Admin Guide 3
applications at the same time. One of the major benefits of the VBrick WM Appliance is it's
compatibility with the Microsoft ecosystem; this makes it easy to integrate with existing
Windows Media installations.
Table 2. Typical VBrick Applications
Figure 1. VBrick's Streaming Ecosystem
Application Description
Standalone Multicast Streaming video and audio can be multicasted from the VBrick
WM Appliance directly to Microsoft's Windows Media Player on
an unlimited number of PCs.
Standalone Unicast Streaming video and audio can be unicasted from the VBrick WM
Appliance via HTTP or RTSP (UDP) directly to Microsoft's
Windows Media Player on up to 200 PCs depending on bit rate.
Pull Reflection via
Microsoft Windows
Media or RealNetworks
Helix Servers
Streaming video and audio can be pulled from the VBrick WM
Appliance by a publishing point on a Microsoft Windows Media or
RealNetworks Helix server. The stream is then reflected by the
server to players and other servers using any protocol supported
by the server.
Push Reflection via
Microsoft Windows
Media or RealNetworks
Helix Servers
Streaming video and audio can be pushed from the VBrick WM
Appliance to a publishing point on up to 25 Microsoft Windows
Media or RealNetworks Helix servers. The stream is then reflected
by the servers to players and other servers using any protocol
supported by the server.
HTTP Push to a VBrick
Reflector
Streaming video and audio can be pushed via HTTP from a local
WM VBrick to up to 25 reflectors on remote WM VBricks. From
each reflector, the stream can then be multicast over the remote
LAN, unicast to a maximum of 200 PCs, or be pushed again to
other reflectors.
HTTP Pull to a VBrick
Reflector
Streaming video and audio can be pulled via HTTP from a local
VBrick WM Appliance to a remote VBrick Reflector. From the
Reflector, the stream can be then multicast over the remote LAN,
unicast to a maximum of 200 PCs, or be pushed or pulled again to
other server or VBrick reflectors.