PowerMedia WMS Components

The PowerMedia WMS components are described in the following sections. Components have associated log files which may be useful in troubleshooting. For more information, see Checking Log Files.

lighttpd

The lighttpd component is the base Web Server that handles client HTTP requests and responses. It delegates the requests to the FastCGI server (web_services.fcgi).

web_services.fcgi

This component handles the media communications with MServ.

MServ

The MServ process is responsible for all RTP processing and the handling of audio and video media (for example, conference mixing, and playing prompts).

FIDO

FIDO (Fetcher of Internet Domain Objects) is an HTTP/HTTPS client used to retrieve prompts.

Cache

The cache component is an HTTP caching proxy server used by other processes that retrieve content using the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

MSInit

This component tracks and logs initialization of other PowerMedia WMS components.

MSProvider

This process handles licensing services on the PowerMedia WMS.

RTSPC

The RTSPC (Real Time Streaming Protocol Client) component handles RTSP client functions on the PowerMedia WMS.