WO2013116975A1

WO2013116975A1 - Stream media playing method, device and system

Info

Publication number: WO2013116975A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/070894
Authority: WO
Inventors: 夏振华; 余祥; 李金成
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-02-06
Filing date: 2012-02-06
Publication date: 2013-08-15
Also published as: CN103348657A; CN103348657B

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a stream media playing method, device and system, the method comprising: a virtual desktop server receives a stream media play request transmitted by a virtual desktop client side, acquires the stream media receiving address of the virtual desktop client side, transmits to a media source a media source connection establishment request containing the stream media receiving address, receives a stream media transmitting address returned by the media source, and forwards the same to the virtual desktop client side, allowing the virtual desktop client side to establish a connection with the media source and receive the stream media for playing. A virtual desktop server, comprising a first acquisition module, a second acquisition module and a forwarding module; a virtual desktop client side, comprising a request module, a transmitting module, a receiving module and a play module. The system comprises the virtual desktop server and the virtual desktop client side. The present invention reduces CPU resource occupation and bandwidth occupation of the virtual desktop server, thus reducing the burden of the virtual desktop server.

Description

Streaming media playing method, device and system

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a streaming media playing method, device, and system. Background technique

VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructu says re, virtual desktop) technology is a technology in which the operating system and applications run on a remote server, the operating system and applications are controlled by a local client, and the screen information is transmitted back to the client. The client in the virtual desktop application scenario is called a virtual desktop client. The server in the virtual desktop application scenario is called a virtual desktop server, and the virtual desktop client and the virtual desktop server form a virtual desktop system.

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In a virtual desktop system, the virtual desktop server controls the operation of the operating system through events such as a mouse, keyboard, and the like transmitted from the virtual desktop client, and returns the display information on the virtual desktop server to the virtual desktop client. The operating system can be an operating system running on a virtualization platform or an operating system running directly on a virtual desktop server.

When playing the streaming media, the existing virtual desktop system usually uses the player running on the virtual desktop server to complete the streaming of the virtual desktop client request, and the player can perform streaming media control, decoding, buffering, and the like. The virtual desktop client redirects the decoded streaming media from the virtual desktop server to the virtual desktop client by playing the video storage of the virtual desktop server or intercepting the video stream, and playing the video to the user.

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that the prior art has at least the following problems:

When the existing virtual desktop system plays the streaming media, the virtual desktop server first obtains the streaming media from the media source for playing, and the virtual desktop client obtains the streaming media from the virtual desktop server to play to the user, where the streaming media exists. The secondary forwarding, which seriously occupies the CPU (Central Processing Unit) resources and bandwidth of the virtual desktop server, increases the burden on the virtual desktop server, and is likely to cause delays in streaming media and affect the user experience. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a streaming media playing method, device and system, so as to reduce the burden of the virtual desktop server and reduce the delay of the streaming media when playing the streaming media. The technical solution is as follows:

In one aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a streaming media playing method, where the method includes: The virtual desktop server receives the request for playing the streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtains the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

The virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source connection request includes the streaming media receiving address;

Receiving, by the virtual desktop server, a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

Forwarding, by the virtual desktop server, the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives an address in the streaming media. Receive streaming media and play streaming media.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, where the method includes:

The virtual desktop client sends a request to play the streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

Sending, by the virtual desktop client, a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server;

After the virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request including the streaming media receiving address to the media source and receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source, the virtual desktop client receives the virtual desktop server. Forwarding the streaming media sending address;

The virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

In another aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, including:

The virtual desktop client receives a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

When the virtual desktop client determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, the virtual desktop client sends a media source to the media source. Establishing a connection request, where the media source connection establishment request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

Receiving, by the virtual desktop client, a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

In another aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop server, including:

a first obtaining module, configured to receive a request for playing a streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

a second acquiring module, configured to send a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source establishes a connection request Include the streaming media receiving address, and receive a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

a forwarding module, configured to forward the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives an address in the streaming media. Receive streaming media and play streaming media.

In another aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop client, including:

a requesting module, configured to send a request for playing a streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

a sending module, configured to send a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server, and a receiving module, configured to: when the virtual desktop server sends a media source that includes the streaming media receiving address to a media source, After receiving the request and receiving the streaming media sending address returned by the media source, receiving the streaming media sending address forwarded by the virtual desktop server;

The playing module is configured to establish a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receive the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop client, including:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

a sending module, configured to: when the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client, send a media source to the media source. a connection request, where the media source connection request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

In another aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing system, including: the virtual desktop server and the virtual desktop client.

The beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual desktop server obtains the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client and sends it to the media source, and sends the streaming media sending address returned by the media source to the virtual desktop client, or directly streams the media through the virtual desktop client. The receiving address is sent to the media source and the streaming media sending address is obtained from the media source, so that the virtual desktop client can establish a connection with the media source and receive the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address, and play the streaming media, because the virtual desktop is not needed. The server performs streaming media playback, avoids secondary forwarding of streaming media, greatly reduces the CPU resource usage and bandwidth usage of the virtual desktop server, reduces the burden on the virtual desktop server, and reduces the burden on the virtual desktop server. The intended desktop client and the streaming media directly establish a connection to transmit streaming media, which reduces the delay of streaming media and greatly improves the user experience. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Other drawings may also be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the drawings.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual desktop system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of another streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of still another streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of interaction of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of an implementation of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of interaction of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; FIG.

11 is a schematic diagram of streaming media playback interaction provided by Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an implementation of a streaming media playing method according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart of adjusting a player according to an embodiment of the present invention;

14 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual desktop server according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

15 is a schematic structural diagram of another virtual desktop server according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

16 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual desktop client according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

17 is a schematic structural diagram of another virtual desktop client according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

18 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual desktop client according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a streaming media playback system according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention. detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a streaming media playback technology of a virtual desktop system. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a virtual desktop system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The virtual desktop system includes a virtual desktop client and a virtual desktop server. When the virtual desktop client requests the virtual desktop server to play the streaming media, the virtual desktop client obtains the streaming sending address from the virtual desktop server or the media source, and directly sends the streaming receiving address of the virtual desktop client or forwards through the virtual desktop server. The media source is provided, so that the virtual desktop client can directly establish a connection with the media source, receive the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and play the streaming media. The virtual desktop server includes two functional entities: a player and a player assistant. The virtual desktop server can interact with the media source through the player, and the player assistant can interact with the virtual desktop client. The virtual desktop client includes a functional entity: a player agent through which interaction with the virtual desktop server and interaction with the media source can be achieved.

The virtual desktop client involved in the embodiments of the present invention may be of various types, including but not limited to: a desktop PC (Per _SOn al Computer, personal computer), a portable device, a mobile terminal, a dedicated TC (Thin Client, a thin terminal), and the like. Etc., the present invention is not limited thereto. In the embodiment of the present invention, the media source refers to a device that stores media data on an IP (Internet Protocol) network, and the cache node refers to a node that caches media data on a media source. Generally, when media data on a media source is accessed by many users, the media source is overloaded. Therefore, the media source can be equipped with a cache node to cache common media data, thereby reducing the load on the media source. The user can get the required media data from the cache node.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the control flow is exchanged between the virtual desktop server and the media source or the cache node, multiple protocols may be used, including but not limited to: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol), HTTP ( Hypertext Transfer Protocol, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), and the like, which are not limited by the present invention. When the interaction between the virtual desktop client and the media source or the cache node is controlled, a variety of protocols may be used, including but not limited to: RTSP, HTTP, SIP, etc., which is not limited by the present invention. When a media stream is exchanged between a virtual desktop client and a media source or a cache node, a variety of protocols may be used, including but not limited to: RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol, The user datagram protocol) and the like are not limited by the present invention.

Example 1

Referring to FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a streaming media playing method, including:

201: The virtual desktop server receives a request for playing a streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtains a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client.

202: The virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source connection request includes the streaming media receiving address: 203: The virtual desktop server receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source.

204: The virtual desktop server forwards the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and performs streaming media. Play.

Referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, including:

301: The virtual desktop client sends a request to play the streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

302: The virtual desktop client sends the streaming receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server. 303: The virtual desktop server sends a media source that includes the streaming media receiving address to the media source to establish a connection request, and receives the return from the media source. After the streaming media sends the address, the virtual desktop client receives the streaming media sending address forwarded by the virtual desktop server;

304: The virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address, and performs streaming media playback.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, including:

401: The virtual desktop client sends a request to play the streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

402: The virtual desktop client receives a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of the play control point;

403: When the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client, the virtual desktop client sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media The source connection request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

404: The virtual desktop client receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source.

405: The virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

The method for obtaining the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client is sent to the media source by the virtual desktop server, and the streaming media sending address returned by the media source is sent to the virtual desktop client, or by virtual The desktop client directly sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source and obtains the streaming media sending address from the media source, so that the virtual desktop client can establish a connection with the media source and receive the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback. Because the streaming of the virtual desktop server is not required, the secondary forwarding of the streaming media is avoided, the CPU resource consumption and bandwidth occupation of the virtual desktop server are greatly reduced, the burden of the virtual desktop server is reduced, and the virtual desktop is adopted. The client directly establishes a connection with the streaming media to transmit the streaming media, which reduces the delay of the streaming media and greatly improves the user experience. Example 2

Referring to FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, where a virtual desktop server directly requests a virtual desktop client to obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client, and the method includes:

501: The virtual desktop server receives the request for playing the streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and sends a request message for the streaming media receiving address to the virtual desktop client.

502: The virtual desktop server receives a response message returned by the virtual desktop client, and obtains a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client from the response message.

503: The virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source connection request includes the streaming media receiving address.

504: The virtual desktop server receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source.

505: The virtual desktop server forwards the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and performs streaming media. Play.

Specifically, the foregoing method may be implemented by a player and a player assistant in the virtual desktop server, and a player agent in the virtual desktop client. Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the specific process of the foregoing method is as follows:

601: The player of the virtual desktop server sends a streaming media receiving address request to the player assistant;

The player and the player assistant are functional entities in the virtual desktop server, and the assistant can serve as a message transmission channel between the player of the virtual desktop server and the player agent of the virtual desktop client. , to ensure that the player is as simple as possible, and can capture the control action of the player of the virtual desktop server, and transmit it to the player agent of the virtual desktop client for corresponding processing. In actual deployment and implementation, the player and player helper can be either a functional entity or two separate functional entities.

602: The player assistant forwards the streaming media receiving address request to the player proxy of the virtual desktop client;

603: After receiving the streaming media receiving address request, the player proxy of the virtual desktop client returns a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to a player assistant of the virtual desktop server;

In this embodiment, the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client refers to the information related to the address of the receiving streaming media, including but not limited to: the IP address, the port, and the like of the virtual desktop client.

604: After receiving the streaming media receiving address, the player assistant of the virtual desktop server forwards the streaming media receiving address to the player;

605: After receiving the streaming media receiving address, the player initiates a media source connection request to the media source, where the media receiving address included in the media source establishing connection request is the streaming media of the received virtual desktop client. receiving address: 606: After receiving the connection request by the media source, the media source returns a player that answers the response to the virtual desktop server, where the streaming media sending address is included;

In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the media source saves the media data in a cache (Cache) node as an example. The virtual desktop server establishes a channel between the player and the media source's Cache node for control flow transmission.

The player establishes a connection with the Cache node through a streaming media control protocol. For example, a connection may be established between the RTSP and the Cache node. The RTSP is an application layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol system, and the protocol defines the IP. A control protocol for transmitting multimedia data on a network, which is generally adopted by video on demand and IPTV. Specifically, in step 605, the player can transmit the streaming media receiving address to the Cache node through the RTSP setup message (the media source establishes the connection request message), and the Cache node returns the streaming media sending address in the setup response message.

In this embodiment, the streaming media sending address refers to information related to the address of the sending streaming media, including but not limited to: sending the media source of the streaming media or the IP address, port, and the like of the cache node, and the present invention does not limited.

In addition, the player of the virtual desktop server may also establish a connection with the Cache node by using another streaming control protocol, such as HTTP, SIP, etc., which is not limited by the present invention. SIP is a session layer signaling control protocol used to create, modify, and release sessions of one or more participants, usually for Internet multimedia conferencing, IP telephony, or streaming media playback.

607: After receiving the response, the player of the virtual desktop server sends the streaming media sending address to the player assistant.

608: After receiving the streaming address, the player assistant forwards the streaming agent to the player agent of the virtual desktop client.

609: After receiving the streaming media sending address, the player proxy of the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to play the streaming media.

Specifically, the player agent of the virtual desktop client can open the port of the streaming media receiving address, receive the streaming media sent by the media source, and start playing the streaming media.

In this embodiment, the player agent of the virtual desktop client and the media source/cache node may use the streaming media transmission protocol to perform streaming media transmission, such as RTP, UDP, etc., which is not limited by the present invention.

In this embodiment, after receiving the streaming media sending address, the player agent installed in the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source/cache node according to the streaming media sending address, and the streaming media of the media source/cache node is directly pushed. To the virtual desktop client, the player agent performs streaming media playback, including decompression and buffering of the streaming media, etc., and does not describe too much here.

The above method provided by the embodiment directly requests and obtains a streaming media receiving address from the virtual desktop server and sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source, and sends the streaming media sending address returned by the media source to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual The desktop client can establish a connection with the media source and receive the streaming media at the streaming receiving address. Streaming media playback, because there is no need to play streaming media on the virtual desktop server, avoiding secondary forwarding of streaming media, greatly reducing the CPU resource consumption and bandwidth occupation of the virtual desktop server, and reducing the burden on the virtual desktop server. And the virtual desktop client directly establishes a connection and transport streaming media with the streaming media, which reduces the delay of the streaming media and greatly improves the user experience. Example 3

Referring to FIG. 8, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, in which a virtual desktop server sends a notification message to a virtual desktop client to obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client, where the method includes:

801: The virtual desktop server receives a request for playing a streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client.

802: The virtual desktop server sends a play notification message to the virtual desktop client, where the play notification message includes location information of the play control point;

The play control point refers to a play control function. In the present invention, the virtual desktop client may have a play control function, or the virtual desktop server has a play control function. Therefore, in different scenarios, the play control points are different. On the device. The location information of the play control point refers to whether the play control point is located on the virtual desktop server or the virtual desktop client. Generally, the virtual desktop server can know the location information of the play control point according to its own settings, and The notification message sends it to the virtual desktop client. After the virtual desktop client receives the information, it can be determined that the playback control point is located on the virtual desktop server or on the virtual desktop client according to the location information of the playback control point, so that different subsequent processing processes are performed.

803: When the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server, the virtual desktop server receives the streaming media receiving address sent by the virtual desktop client; wherein, the virtual desktop If the client determines that the play control point is located on the virtual desktop server, the virtual desktop server sends the streaming receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the media source; if it is determined that the playback control point is located in the virtual desktop client, the flow can be directly flowed. The media receiving address is sent to the media source.

804: The virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source establishes a connection request including a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client.

805: The virtual desktop server receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source.

806: The virtual desktop server forwards the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and performs streaming media. Play.

Specifically, the foregoing method may be implemented by using a player and a player assistant in the virtual desktop server, and a player agent in the virtual desktop client. Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 9, the specific process of the foregoing method is as follows: 901: The player of the virtual desktop server sends a play notification message to the player Assistant, where the play notification message includes location information of the play control point;

In addition, the play notification message may further include other information related to streaming media playback, such as a play action, an address or a link of the Cache node, and the like, which is not limited by the present invention. Specifically, the embodiment is described by taking a playback control point in a virtual desktop server as an example.

902: After receiving the play notification message, the player forwards the play notification message to the player agent of the virtual desktop client.

903: After receiving the play notification message, the player agent of the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point, whether the play control point is located on the virtual desktop server or the virtual desktop client, if it is determined that the play control point is located on the virtual desktop The server sends a media source connection request message, where the message includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client where the player agent is located;

904: The player of the virtual desktop server, after receiving the request message, forwards the media source connection request message to the player;

905: After receiving the media source connection request message, the player sends a media source connection request message to the media source, where the virtual desktop client receives the streaming media receiving address.

For example, the media data is stored in the Cache node, and the player may specifically send an RTSP-based media source connection request message (Setup message) to the Cache node to establish a connection with the Cache node, and of course, other protocols may also be used. Not limited.

906: After receiving the connection request message, the media source returns a response message to the broadcaster of the virtual desktop server, where the media sending address is included;

907: After receiving the player of the virtual desktop server, sending the response message to the player assistant; 908: the player assistant forwards the response message to the player agent of the virtual desktop client;

909: After receiving the response message, the agent of the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to play the streaming media.

Specifically, the player agent can open the port of the streaming media receiving address, start receiving the streaming media sent by the media source, and play the streaming media.

The foregoing method provided by the embodiment sends a notification message to the virtual desktop client through the virtual desktop server, acquires the streaming media receiving address, and sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source, and sends the streaming media sending address returned by the media source to the virtual desktop client, so that The virtual desktop client can establish a connection with the media source and receive the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to play the streaming media. Since the streaming of the virtual desktop server is not required, the secondary forwarding of the streaming media is avoided. The earth reduces the CPU resource consumption and bandwidth usage of the virtual desktop server, and reduces the virtual desktop service. The burden of the device, and the direct connection between the virtual desktop client and the streaming media to transport the streaming media, reducing the delay of the streaming media, greatly improving the user experience. Example 4

Referring to FIG. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing method, where a virtual desktop client directly interacts with a media source to exchange a streaming media receiving address and a streaming media sending address, where the method includes:

1001: The virtual desktop client sends a request to play streaming media to the desktop server;

1002: The virtual desktop client receives a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of the play control point;

1003: When the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client, the virtual desktop client sends a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source is Establishing a connection request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

1004: The virtual desktop client receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

1005: The virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

Specifically, the foregoing method can be implemented by using a player and a player assistant in the virtual desktop server, and a player agent in the virtual desktop client. Referring to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the specific process of the foregoing method is as follows:

1101: The player of the virtual desktop server sends a play notification message to the player assistant, where the location information of the play control point is included;

In addition, the play notification message may further include other information related to streaming media playback, such as a play action,

The information such as the address or the link of the Cache node is not limited by the present invention. Specifically, in this embodiment, the playback control point is located in the virtual desktop client as an example.

1102: The player of the virtual machine desktop server forwards the play notification message to the player agent of the virtual desktop client;

1103: After receiving the play notification message, the player agent of the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point, whether the play control point is located on the virtual desktop server or the virtual desktop client, if it is determined to be located in the virtual desktop The client, the player agent directly sends a media source connection request message to the media source, where the virtual desktop client receives the streaming media receiving address;

Specifically, the media agent is stored in the Cache node as an example, and the player agent may specifically send an RTSP-based media source connection request message (Setup message) to the Cache node to establish a connection with the Cache node, and of course, other protocols may also be used. The present invention is not limited thereto. 1104: After receiving the connection request message sent by the media source sent by the player agent of the virtual desktop client, the media source returns a response message, including a streaming media sending address.

1105: After receiving the response message, the agent of the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to play the streaming media.

The method provided in this embodiment sends a notification message to the virtual desktop client through the virtual desktop server, and notifies the location information of the playback control point, so that the virtual desktop client directly sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source, and returns according to the media source. The streaming media sending address establishes a connection with the media source, and receives the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback. Since the streaming media is not required to be played on the virtual desktop server, the secondary forwarding of the streaming media is avoided. The CPU usage and bandwidth usage of the virtual desktop server are greatly reduced, the burden of the virtual desktop server is reduced, and the connection and transmission of the streaming media is directly established through the virtual desktop client and the streaming media, thereby reducing the delay of the streaming media and greatly improving the User experience. In addition, in the present invention, in any of the methods provided by the foregoing embodiments, the method may further include the following steps:

After the virtual desktop client plays the streaming media, the virtual desktop server receives the player adjustment instruction sent by the virtual desktop client, performs an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction, and performs the adjustment. The operation is sent to the virtual desktop client, causing the virtual desktop client to perform the same adjustments to the local player.

Specifically, it can be implemented by a player and a player assistant in the virtual desktop server, and a player agent in the virtual desktop client. Referring to FIG. 13, the specific process is as follows:

1301: The player of the virtual desktop server receives a player adjustment instruction sent by the player agent of the virtual desktop client, and performs an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction;

The player adjustment command is triggered by the user of the virtual desktop client, and is used to adjust the window of the player, such as adjusting the size of the window, etc., which is not limited by the present invention;

1302: The player of the virtual desktop server captures the adjustment operation performed by the player through the filter interface (Filter interface), and sends it to the player agent of the virtual desktop client through the message interface;

1303: The player of the virtual desktop client performs the same adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop client after receiving the adjustment operation.

In the present invention, when the user performs operations on the player for streaming control, such as controlling the suspension of streaming media or When the user fast forwards, the player of the virtual desktop server directly establishes a connection with the media source or the cache node, notifies the media source or the cache node to perform the pause or fast forward operation of the streaming media, and does not need to notify the player agent of the virtual desktop client. When the user performs operations on the player itself, such as adjusting the size of the player's window, the player of the virtual desktop server performs the corresponding operation, and the player assistant captures the operation. The player agent sent to the virtual desktop client, so that the player agent of the virtual desktop client can perform the same operation, perform related display on the interface, and ensure the consistency of the player adjustment between the virtual desktop server and the virtual desktop client. Example 5

Referring to FIG. 14, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop server, including:

The first obtaining module 11 is configured to receive a request for playing a streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client.

The second obtaining module 12 is configured to send a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source connection request includes the streaming media receiving address, and the streaming media sending address returned by the media source is received;

The forwarding module 13 is configured to forward the streaming media sending address to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives the streaming media. Receive streaming media at the address to play streaming media.

Referring to FIG. 15, the first obtaining module 11 may include:

a requesting unit 11a, configured to send a request message of a streaming media receiving address to the virtual desktop client, and an obtaining unit lib, configured to receive a response message returned by the virtual desktop client, and obtain the virtual message from the response message The streaming receiving address of the desktop client.

Alternatively, the first obtaining module 11 includes:

a notification unit lie, configured to send a play notification message to the virtual desktop client, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

The receiving unit 11d is configured to receive the virtual desktop client when the virtual desktop client determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message. The streamed media receiving address.

In this embodiment, the server may further include:

The adjusting module 14 is configured to receive, after the streaming of the virtual desktop client, the player adjustment instruction sent by the virtual desktop client, and the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction Performing an adjustment operation, and sending the adjustment operation to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client Perform the same adjustments to the local player.

The virtual desktop server provided by the embodiment of the present invention obtains a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client and sends the address to the media source, and sends the streaming media sending address returned by the media source to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop client can Establishing a connection with the media source and receiving the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and playing the streaming media, since the streaming of the virtual desktop server is not required, the secondary forwarding of the streaming media is avoided, and the virtual desktop is greatly reduced. The server's CPU resource consumption and bandwidth consumption reduce the burden on the virtual desktop server, and directly connect the streaming media to the streaming media through the virtual desktop client, which reduces the delay of streaming media and greatly improves the user experience. Example 6

Referring to FIG. 16, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop client, including:

The requesting module 21 is configured to send a request for playing the streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

The sending module 22 is configured to send a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server;

The receiving module 23 is configured to: after the virtual desktop server sends a media source connection request including the streaming media receiving address to the media source, and receives a streaming media sending address returned by the media source, receiving the virtual desktop server Forwarding the streaming media sending address;

The playing module 24 is configured to establish a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receive the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

Referring to Figure 17, the transmitting module 22 can include:

a request receiving unit 22a, configured to receive a request message of a streaming media receiving address sent by the virtual desktop server, and a response unit 22b, configured to: after the request receiving unit receives the request message, return a response message to the virtual The desktop server, where the response message includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client.

Alternatively, the sending module 22 includes:

The notification receiving unit 22c is configured to receive a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

a determining unit 22d, configured to determine, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, whether the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server;

The sending unit 22e is configured to: when the determining unit determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server, send a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server.

In this embodiment, the virtual desktop client may further include: The adjusting module 25 is configured to send, after the playing module 24 plays the streaming media, a player adjustment instruction to the virtual desktop server, where the virtual desktop server plays the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction. After performing the adjusting operation, the device receives the adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server, and performs the same adjustment operation on the local player according to the received adjustment operation.

The virtual desktop client provided by the embodiment of the present invention sends a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the media source through the virtual desktop server, and obtains a streaming media sending address returned by the media source, so that a connection can be established with the media source. The streaming media receives the streaming media and plays the streaming media. Since the streaming of the virtual desktop server is not required, the secondary forwarding of the streaming media is avoided, which greatly reduces the CPU resource usage and bandwidth of the virtual desktop server. Occupancy, reducing the burden on the virtual desktop server, and directly connecting the streaming media through the virtual desktop client and streaming media, reducing the delay of streaming media and greatly improving the user experience. Example 7

Referring to FIG. 18, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a virtual desktop client, including:

The requesting module 31 is configured to send a request for playing the streaming media to the virtual desktop server;

The first receiving module 32 is configured to receive a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of the play control point;

The sending module 33 is configured to: when the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client, send a media source connection request to the media source, where The media source connection request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

a second receiving module 34, configured to receive a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

The playing module 35 is configured to establish a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receive the streaming media on the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

In this embodiment, the client may further include:

And an adjustment module, configured to send a player adjustment instruction to the virtual desktop server after the playback module 35 performs streaming media playback, and receive the adjustment operation after the virtual desktop server performs an adjustment operation on the virtual desktop server player according to the player adjustment instruction. The adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server performs the same adjustment operation on the local player according to the received adjustment operation.

The virtual desktop client provided by the embodiment of the present invention determines that the playback control point is located on the virtual desktop client according to the play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, and directly sends the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the media source, and obtains the media. The streaming media sending address returned by the source, so that a connection can be established with the media source and the streaming media is received at the streaming media receiving address, and the streaming media is played, since the streaming of the virtual desktop server is not required. It avoids the secondary forwarding of streaming media, greatly reduces the CPU resource usage and bandwidth usage of the virtual desktop server, reduces the burden on the virtual desktop server, and directly establishes a connection and transmission streaming media through the virtual desktop client and the streaming media. Reduce the delay of streaming media and greatly improve the user experience. Example 8

Referring to FIG. 19, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a streaming media playing system, including: a virtual desktop server 41 as described in Embodiment 5, and a virtual desktop client 42 as described in Embodiment 6.

For details, the functions of the virtual desktop server 41 and the functions of the virtual desktop client 42 are described in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described here. The streaming media playing system may perform the method in any of the foregoing embodiments. For details, refer to the description of the method embodiment, and details are not described herein.

The streaming media playing system provided by the embodiment of the present invention obtains a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client by using the virtual desktop server, and sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source, and sends the streaming media sending address returned by the media source to the virtual desktop client, or The virtual desktop client directly sends the streaming media receiving address to the media source and obtains the streaming media sending address from the media source, so that the virtual desktop client can establish a connection with the media source and receive the streaming media at the streaming media receiving address, and perform streaming media. Playback, because the virtual desktop server does not need to play the streaming media, avoiding the secondary forwarding of the streaming media, greatly reducing the CPU resource consumption and bandwidth occupation of the virtual desktop server, reducing the burden of the virtual desktop server, and The desktop client directly connects to the streaming media to transmit streaming media, which reduces the delay of streaming media and greatly improves the user experience. It should be noted that, in the streaming media playing system provided by the foregoing embodiment, only the division of each functional module is used for example. In an actual application, the foregoing function may be allocated by different functional modules according to requirements. Upon completion, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the streaming media playing system and the streaming media playing method are provided in the same embodiment. For details, refer to the method embodiment, and details are not described herein. A person skilled in the art may understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments may be completed by hardware, or may be instructed by a program to execute related hardware, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The storage medium mentioned may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., which are within the spirit and scope of the present invention, should be included in the protection of the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

Claim

A streaming media playing method, the method comprising:

The virtual desktop server receives the request for playing the streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtains the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client comprises:

Sending, by the virtual desktop server, a request message of a streaming media receiving address to the virtual desktop client; the virtual desktop server receiving a response message returned by the virtual desktop client, and acquiring the virtual desktop client from the response message The streaming media receives the address.

The virtual desktop server sends a play notification message to the virtual desktop client, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

When the virtual desktop client determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, the virtual desktop server receives the virtual desktop client to send Streaming media receiving address.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: after the playing of the streaming media by the virtual desktop client, the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the virtual desktop server, a player adjustment instruction sent by the virtual desktop client, performing an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction, and sending the adjustment operation to the virtual The desktop client causes the virtual desktop client to perform the same adjustment operation on the local player.

A streaming media playing method, the method comprising:

The virtual desktop client establishes a connection with the media source according to the streaming media sending address, and receives streaming media at the streaming media receiving address to perform streaming media playback.

The method of claim 5, wherein the virtual desktop client sends the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server, including:

Receiving, by the virtual desktop client, a request message of a streaming media receiving address sent by the virtual desktop server; the virtual desktop client returns a response message to the virtual desktop server, where the response message includes the virtual desktop client Streaming media receiving address.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the virtual desktop client sends the streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server, including:

Receiving, by the virtual desktop client, a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

When the virtual desktop client determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, the virtual desktop client sends the virtual desktop client The streaming media receives the address to the virtual desktop server.

The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein after the playing of the streaming media by the virtual desktop client, the method further comprises:

The virtual desktop client sends a player adjustment instruction to the virtual desktop server;

When the virtual desktop server performs a tune on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction After the operation, the virtual desktop client receives the adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server; and the virtual desktop client performs the same adjustment operation on the local player according to the received adjustment operation.

A streaming media playing method, the method comprising:

The method according to claim 9, wherein after the playing of the streaming media by the virtual desktop client, the method further includes:

After the virtual desktop server performs an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction, the virtual desktop client receives the adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server;

The virtual desktop client performs the same adjustment operation on the local player according to the received adjustment operation.

A virtual desktop server, wherein the server comprises:

a first acquiring module, configured to receive a request for playing a streaming media sent by the virtual desktop client, and obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

a second obtaining module, configured to send a media source connection request to the media source, where the media source establishing connection request includes the streaming media receiving address, and receiving a streaming media sending address returned by the media source;

The server according to claim 11, wherein the first obtaining module comprises: a requesting unit, configured to send a request message of a streaming media receiving address to the virtual desktop client;

And an obtaining unit, configured to receive a response message returned by the virtual desktop client, and obtain a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client from the response message.

The server according to claim 11, wherein the first obtaining module comprises: a notification unit, configured to send a play notification message to the virtual desktop client, where the play notification message includes a play control point location information;

a receiving unit, configured to: when the virtual desktop client determines, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server, receive the virtual desktop client to send Streaming media receiving address.

The server according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the server further comprises: an adjustment module, configured to receive the virtual after the streaming of the virtual desktop client a player adjustment instruction sent by the desktop client, performing an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction, and sending the adjustment operation to the virtual desktop client, so that the virtual desktop is The client performs the same adjustments to the local player.

A virtual desktop client, wherein the client includes:

The client according to claim 15, wherein the sending module comprises:

a request receiving unit, configured to receive a request message of a streaming media receiving address sent by the virtual desktop server, and a response unit, configured to: after the request receiving unit receives the request message, return a response message to the virtual table The response server includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client.

The client according to claim 15, wherein the sending module comprises:

a notification receiving unit, configured to receive a play notification message sent by the virtual desktop server, where the play notification message includes location information of a play control point;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message, whether the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server;

And a sending unit, configured to send, when the determining unit determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop server, a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client to the virtual desktop server.

The client according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein the client further comprises: an adjustment module, configured to: after the playing module performs playback of the streaming media, to the virtual The desktop server sends a player adjustment instruction, and after the virtual desktop server performs an adjustment operation on the player of the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction, receiving the adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server, according to the receiving The adjustment operation to the same performs the same adjustment operation on the local player.

A virtual desktop client, wherein the client includes:

a sending module, configured to send a media source to the media source when the virtual desktop client determines that the play control point is located in the virtual desktop client according to the location information of the play control point in the play notification message a connection request, where the media source connection request includes a streaming media receiving address of the virtual desktop client;

The client according to claim 19, wherein the client further comprises:

And an adjustment module, configured to send a player adjustment instruction to the virtual desktop server after the playing module performs streaming media, when the virtual desktop server broadcasts the virtual desktop server according to the player adjustment instruction After performing the adjustment operation, the receiver receives the adjustment operation sent by the virtual desktop server, and performs the same adjustment operation on the local player according to the received adjustment operation.

A streaming media playback system, characterized in that the system comprises: a virtual desktop server according to any one of claims 11 to 14, and a claim according to any one of claims 15 to 20. The virtual desktop client.