StarWorks' digital video networking software provides a cost-effective, scalable solution for enterprise video networking needs. With StarWorks software, many users can simultaneously share hundreds of hours of streaming video and audio data over local area networks (LANs) such as Ethernet and FDDI. StarWorks makes today's standalone video applications available on the LAN and provides the foundation for future advanced networked video applications.

StarWorks client/server-based software delivers cost-effective performance for workgroup video applications. It provides video-on-demand services with reliable network delivery from a standard enterprise server. StarWorks for the Solaris software environment can even reside on the same server as other applications. StarWorks works with all video formats and supports hundreds of simultaneous Windows, Macintosh, Solaris, and DOS users, who can view video applications while accessing other nonvideo applications, such as NFS servers and databases.

With StarWorks software, a SPARC-based server can handle over 400 gigabytes of digital video and audio storage and thousands of video and audio files. StarWorks server software is built on the Solaris computing environment to meet the realtime requirements of streaming data, yet fits into your current networking environment. StarWorks automatically maps the network topology and balances the network load. In addition, StarWorks guarantees video delivery using resource reservation and offers easy field maintenance, diagnostics, repair, and network management functions.

The StarWorks Solaris Client Development Pak provides an interface to help application and tool vendors develop total networked video solutions.

StarWorks Specifications

Video Server Requirements

(Contact your Starlight reseller for configuration requirements)
SPARCstation (10, 20) or SPARCserver (10, 20, 1000, 2000) uniprocessor only; Solaris 2.3; 1 MB SuperCache; 128 MB RAM; 120 MB free space in disk partition

Fast SCSI-2 Buffered Ethernet (FSBE/S) interface adapter and 1.05 GB or 2.1 GB Fast SCSI-2 disk drives (size and number depend on hours of video, aggregate bandwidth required, and parity option)

SBus Quad Ethernet Controller (SQEC) cards (number depends on number of clients attached to video server and size of video streams played over network)

Monitor; keyboard; 4 mm DAT, QIC-150 tape drive, or CD-ROM

Client Requirements

SPARC-based system (Solaris 2.3)

IBM-compatible PC (DOS 5.0 or higher); Windows 3.1 (optional); NDIS- or ODI-compatible network interface cards

Macintosh (System 7.0 or higher); LAN Manager-compatible cards

Network Environments

NFS/TCP-IP (StarWorks for Solaris can stream video on either MTP(tm) [max performance] or TCP/IP); StarWorks can service clients on NOSs such as NetWare, AppleShare, LAN Manager, and Windows for Workgroups

Digital Video Systems

(Contact your Starlight reseller or the most current list of supported systems)
PC compatible: Microsoft Video for Windows (Indeo); Sigma Designs RealMagic (MPEG); Optibase PCMotion (MPEG); Intel and IBM ActionMedia II (PLV, RTV); Digital Video Arts NewWorld (PLV, RTV); Apple QuickTime for Windows (Cinepak); VideoLogic MediaSpace (motion JPEG); Horizons Technology's TrueMotion; IBM PhotoMotion for LinkWay

Macintosh: QuickTime (Cinepak); Radius DigitalFilm (motion JPEG) and VideoVision Studio; RasterOps MoviePak

Solaris compatible: Parallax Video (Parallax motion JPEG); SW Video Play and SW Video Record (CELLB, MPEG) with Sun Video Card

Total Server Bandwidth

StarWorks-6M: 6 megabits/sec (Mbps) capacity; StarWorks-12M: 12 Mbps capacity; StarWorks-25M: 25 Mbps capacity; StarWorks-50M: 50 Mbps capacity; multiprocessor versions will eventually handle hundreds of Mbps (contact a Starlight Networks authorized reseller for details)

Maximum Users

Up to 40 (based on a compression rate of 1.2 Mbps)

Starlight Networks, Inc.
205 Ravendale Drive
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone 415 967-2774
Fax 415 967-0686

StarWorks is a registered trademark, and MTP is a trademark of Starlight Networks, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications subject to change without notice. Copyright 1995 Starlight Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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