1. Multimedia for Web Server
Presented By: Pradipta Poudel
BIM 5th Semester
115
2. Introduction to Multimedia for Web Server
▪ Serves as a central hub for managing your media library and making it
accessible to others over the internet
▪ A powerful tool that allows you to store and access various types of
media, such as:
– images,
– videos,
– audio files
3. Types of Multimedia for Web Server
▪ Static Multimedia
– Stored on the web server and delivered to the user's browser
without any modification
– Images, audio files, and video files
▪ Dynamic Multimedia
– Generated on the fly by the web server
– Video streaming, interactive multimedia presentations, and games
4. Accessing Multimedia from Web Server
▪ Hyperlink for the audio/video
file points to metafile
▪ Metafile indicates content-
type -> launch specific
application
▪ Media player gets metafile so
that it can fetch and stream
out the audio/video file
5. Pros and Cons
Pros
▪ Improved User Experience
▪ Reliable access to media files
▪ Improved security of website
Cons
▪ Bandwidth Usage
▪ Page LoadTimes
▪ Accessibility Concerns
6. Conclusion
▪ Can be a powerful tool for creating
engaging and informative websites
▪ Looking towards the future, we can expect
to see even more advancements in
Multimedia forWeb Server
▪ Multimedia web servers will need user
friendly experience to adapt to meet user
requirements
Encrypted Connections: When multimedia files are served over HTTPS, it ensures that the data transmitted between the server and the user's device is encrypted, reducing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks.
Reducing Vulnerabilities: Multimedia content management systems and frameworks are often well-maintained and frequently updated