Sun Microsystems MEDIACENTER 2.1 - Manual (Page 155)

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Creating a Content Package
This appendix describes a content package, which is one way that content can be
prepared for storage on a Sun MediaCenter server. Specifically, this document
describes:
■ the types of files that make up a content package;
■ the storage format of those files on tape.
Under most circumstances, you do not have to deal with a content package. The
Content Manager (CM), an integral part of the Sun MediaCenter software, extracts
from MPEG content—automatically and invisibly—the information the server needs
to successfully store and play that content.
The only circumstance in which you must create a content package is when your
content is stored on a non-Solaris machine that does not have
ftp client software.
If this circumstance applies to you or you choose to create a content package, load
your content using either CmTool (described in Chapter 4) or
smc_copy or smc_tar
(described in Chapter 5).
Content Package page B-2
The TOC File page B-3
Simplest Case TOC File page B-8
TOC File for Large Files page B-9
Index File Requirements page B-10
Tape Storage Format page B-12
Example page B-14
References page B-18