A cloud computing platform includes a streamer farm comprising streamers, a load balancer, and a command service. The command service can be configured to receive a request from a consumer application for streaming data from a producer device configured to provide streaming data, relay the request to the producer device, receive a response from the producer device including an address of at least one streamer the load balancer selects, and relay the address to the consumer application to enable the consumer application to retrieve the requested streaming data. A method of establishing a producer/consumer session in a cloud computing platform includes receiving a request from a consumer application for streaming data, communicating with a producer to provide the streaming data to a streamer of a streamer farm selected by a load balancer, receiving and address of the streamer, and providing the address to the consumer application.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a volumetric video for a volumetric video communication service in a mobile communication system. The method includes: determining a volumetric video compression scheme for the volumetric video; transmitting a first message including first media parameters for the determined volumetric video compression scheme to a peer device; receiving a second message including second media parameters from the peer device in response to the transmission of the first message; and transmitting a volumetric video compressed according to the second media parameters to the peer device.

A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for content preparation for a 5G network. One or more cascaded content preparation processes are identified. Inputs and outputs associated with the identified cascaded content preparation processes are defined based on a content preparation template. A workflow corresponding to the defined inputs and outputs is generated based on two or more of the identified cascaded content preparation processes.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a live streaming method and system, a server, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: providing, by a first end for information interaction, a first audio/video live stream for a server, and providing, by a second end for information interaction, a second audio/video live stream for the server. The method further includes performing, by the server, coding and processing on the first audio/video live stream and the second audio/video live stream, to obtain a third audio/video live stream, and pushing the third audio/video stream to a third end for information interaction; and receiving, by the third end, audio/video content of the first end and the second end according to the third audio/video live stream.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a live streaming method and system, a server, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: providing, by a first end for information interaction, a first audio/video live stream for a server, and providing, by a second end for information interaction, a second audio/video live stream for the server. The method further includes performing, by the server, coding and processing on the first audio/video live stream and the second audio/video live stream, to obtain a third audio/video live stream, and pushing the third audio/video stream to a third end for information interaction; and receiving, by the third end, audio/video content of the first end and the second end according to the third audio/video live stream.

Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifestless streaming media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a user device, a request for a URL corresponding to a format of a live stream that is provided in a plurality of formats, wherein the live stream comprises a plurality of segments for each of the plurality of formats and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments comprises a respective sequence number; resolving the request to a specific segment of the live stream based on the URL, wherein the resolving comprises: identifying the format of the live stream associated with the request from the plurality of formats based on the URL; identifying a sequence number associated with the request based on the URL; and identifying a segment of the plurality of segments corresponding to the identified format and having a sequence number matching the identified sequence number; loading a segment file corresponding to the specific segment; and returning the segment file to the user device in a response to the request.

Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifestless streaming media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a user device, a request for a URL corresponding to a format of a live stream that is provided in a plurality of formats, wherein the live stream comprises a plurality of segments for each of the plurality of formats and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments comprises a respective sequence number; resolving the request to a specific segment of the live stream based on the URL, wherein the resolving comprises: identifying the format of the live stream associated with the request from the plurality of formats based on the URL; identifying a sequence number associated with the request based on the URL; and identifying a segment of the plurality of segments corresponding to the identified format and having a sequence number matching the identified sequence number; loading a segment file corresponding to the specific segment; and returning the segment file to the user device in a response to the request.

A network of orbiting satellites can be used with a distributed network of nodes to deliver live video streams from physical locations in space to Earth for distribution to viewers on client devices. The approach can include replicating a distributed network cluster in space where each orbiting satellite is a node in the network. This system allows entities to deliver low latency live video streams from cameras mounted on the spacecraft, as well as other satellites, and on the surface of the Moon and planets. The latency will depend on the communication technology used and the distance of the video source from Earth. The lowest latency can be achieved by using optical communication technology, such as laser communication. The system can distribute live streams originating in space to a large global audience through an earth-based distribution network and can support millions of concurrent online users with near real-time latency.

An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like.

An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like.