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[MS-MSSOD]: Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview This document provides an overview of the Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview Protocol Family. It is intended for use in conjunction with the Microsoft Protocol Technical Documents, publicly available standard specifications, network programming art, and Microsoft Windows distributed systems concepts. It assumes that the reader is either familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it. A Protocol System Document does not require the use of Microsoft programming tools or programming environments in order to implement the Protocols in the System. Developers who have access to Microsoft programming tools and environments are free to take advantage of them. Intellectual Property Rights Notice for Open Specifications Documentation . Technical Documentation. 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Certain Open Specifications are intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications and 1 / 54 [MS-MSSOD] - v20151016 Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview Copyright © 2015 Microsoft Corporation Release: October 16, 2015 network programming art, and assumes that the reader either is familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it. Abstract This document provides an overview of the functionality and relationship of the protocols implemented in Media Streaming Windows technologies, which include the protocols specified in [MS-MSB], [MS- MSBD], [MS-MMSP], [MS-WMSP], [MS-RTSP], [MS-WMHTTP], and [MS-WMLOG]. Media Streaming technologies are used to convert both live and prerecorded audio format and to distribute the content over a network or the Internet. The Media Streaming Server technologies support scenarios such as publishing secure content to Media Server, streaming content from Media Server, requesting a license from License Server, and discovering Media Server URLs and log statistics to Media Server. This document describes the intended functionality of the Media Streaming Server protocols and how these protocols interact with each other. It provides examples of some common use cases. It does not restate the processing rules and other details that are specific for each protocol. Those details are described in the protocol specifications for each of the protocols and data structures that belong to this protocols group. 2 / 54 [MS-MSSOD] - v20151016 Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview Copyright © 2015 Microsoft Corporation Release: October 16, 2015 Revision Summary Revision Revision Date History Class Comments 3/30/2012 1.0 New Released new document. 7/12/2012 1.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 10/25/2012 1.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 1/31/2013 1.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 8/8/2013 2.0 Major Updated and revised the technical content. 11/14/2013 2.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 2/13/2014 2.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 5/15/2014 2.0 None No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 6/30/2015 3.0 Major Significantly changed the technical content. 10/16/2015 3.0 No Change No changes to the meaning, language, or formatting of the technical content. 3 / 54 [MS-MSSOD] - v20151016 Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview Copyright © 2015 Microsoft Corporation Release: October 16, 2015 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Conceptual Overview .......................................................................................... 5 1.2 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 10 1.3 References ...................................................................................................... 11 2 Functional Architecture ......................................................................................... 13 2.1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 13 2.1.1 System Purpose ......................................................................................... 13 2.1.2 System Components ................................................................................... 13 2.1.3 Applicability ............................................................................................... 15 2.1.4 Relevant Standards ..................................................................................... 15 2.1.5 Protocol Relationship ................................................................................... 15 2.1.5.1 RTSP-WME: Logical Dependencies and Relationship to Other Protocols ........ 17 2.1.5.2 MMSP: Logical Dependencies and Relationship to Other Protocols ............... 18 2.1.5.3 MSB: Relationship to Other Protocols ....................................................... 18 2.1.5.4 MSBD: Logical Dependencies and Relationship to Other Protocols ............... 18 2.1.5.5 WMSP: Logical Dependencies and Relationship to Other Protocols ............... 18 2.1.5.6 WMHTTP: Logical Dependencies and Relationship to Other Protocols ........... 19 2.2 Protocol Summary ............................................................................................ 19 2.3 Environment .................................................................................................... 20 2.3.1 Authentication ............................................................................................ 21 2.3.2 Media Player Client ..................................................................................... 22 2.3.3 Encoder ..................................................................................................... 22 2.3.4 Dependencies on This System ...................................................................... 22 2.3.5 Dependencies on Other Systems/Components ................................................ 22 2.4 Assumptions and Preconditions .......................................................................... 23 2.5 Use Cases ....................................................................................................... 24 2.5.1 Publish Content to Media Server - Encoder ..................................................... 25 2.5.2 Publish Secure Content to Media Server - Encoder .......................................... 26 2.5.3 Stream Content from Media Server - Media Player Client ................................. 28 2.5.4 Request License from License Server - Media Player Client ............................... 30 2.5.5 Log Statistics to Servers - Media Player Client ...............................................