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Real-time Video Playback Method for N-Screen Service Based on Windows Azure

Windows Azure 기반의 N-스크린 서비스를 위한 실시간 동영상 재생 기법

  • Lee, Won-Joo (Dept. of Computer Science, Inha Technical College) ;
  • Lim, Heon-Yong (Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA Campus)
  • 이원주 (인하공업전문대학 컴퓨터정보과) ;
  • 임헌용 (한양대학교 ERICA 캠퍼스 컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2014.03.01
  • Accepted : 2014.06.08
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a real-time video playback scheme for the N-Screen service based on Windows Azure. This scheme creates several playback blocks based on the performance of each node by non-uniform splitting of the original video. To reduce transcoding-time, it allocates the playback blocks to a corresponding node by transcoding the playback blocks. Through the simulation, we show that it is more effective to use real-time video playback for the N-screen service than the previous method. The proposed scheme splits an AVI format 300MB source video with non-uniform playback blocks. It allocates the playback blocks to the heterogeneous node of Windows Azure, the commercial cloud system and measures of transcoding-time by transcoding non-uniform playback blocks to mp4 and Flv format. As a result, the proposed scheme improves the performance of the N-screen service based on Windows Azure compared to the previous uniform split strategy.

본 논문에서는 Windows Azure 기반의 N-스크린 서비스를 위한 실시간 동영상 재생 기법을 제안한다. 이 기법은 각 노드의 성능에 따라 원본 동영상을 차등 분할하여 재생 블록을 생성한다. 그리고 차등 분할한 재생 블록을 해당 노드에 할당하여 트랜스 코딩함으로써 트랜스 코딩 소요시간을 줄인다. 본 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안한 동영상 재생기법이 기존의 기법에 비해 N-스크린 서비스를 위한 실시간 동영상재생에 효과적임을 보인다. 시뮬레이션에서는 상용화된 클라우드 시스템인 Windows Azure 기반에서 AVI 포맷 300MB 원본 동영상을 각 노드의 성능에 따라 차등 분할한다. 그리고 Windows Azure의 이기종 노드에 분산 할당하여 mp4와 Flv 포맷으로 트랜스 코딩하면서 트랜스 코딩 소요시간을 측정한다. 그 결과 본 논문의 제안 기법이 기존의 균등 분할 기법에 비해 Windows Azure 기반의 N-스크린 서비스의 성능을 향상시킨다.

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