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Cisco DMS (Digital Media System) is a suite of applications that provide video content in several different formats. This includes pushing content to digital signs (video displays) such as those that you see in lobbies of hotels and businesses. Additionally it manages content that is pushed to web clients (think Youtube for corporate). The topology is fairly easy. The main physical components that make up DMS are:

• DMM – Digital Media Manager
• DME – Digital Media Encoder
• DMP – Digital Media Player
• VP – Video Portal

To understand how all these pieces work with each other, it is important to look first at the DMM. (more…)