Extensions to Dynamic Server

The Video Foundation DataBlade module consists of the following components:

• Temporal component. This component consists of the data types and functions that provide a format-independent interface between your Informix database server and video data. This interface enables the server to reference specific points in time (media points and timecodes) and intervals (media chunks) within video data, regardless of the data format (AVI, MPEG, and so on).
• Storage component. This component consists of the data types and functions that provide a device- and format-independent interface between your Informix database server, video data, and the storage servers on which that data is located.
• Video database schema. This schema is a set of database tables that connect the data of the temporal and storage components; it is a repository for video metadata.
• Client API. This API provides the opaque types of the Video Foundation DataBlade module as value objects for application developers using the IBM Informix C++ client interface. It also provides a subset of the DataBlade module server functions as client-side functions for application developers using any of the following client APIs:
  • IBM Informix ESQL/C API
  • IBM Informix DataBlade API
  • IBM Informix Object Interface for C++