| Oracle Multimedia | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Oracle Corporation |
| Developer | Oracle Corporation |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Software framework |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | Official website |
Oracle Multimedia (formerlyOracleinterMedia from versions 8 to 10gR2[1]) is a feature available forOracle databases, which providesmultimedia utilities in a database environment, generating as a result amultimedia database (MMDB).Oracle Multimedia was deprecated in Oracle 18c[2] and desupported in Oracle 19c.[3]
Oracle Multimedia is a framework which:[4]
Oracle Multimedia manages multimedia data within an Oracle database under transaction control (seetransaction processing); using by defaultdatabase schemas namedORDSYS andORDPLUGINS (the "ORD" prefix designates "object-relational data").
ORDSYS provides four media classes:[5]
Alternatively, an Oracle database can use Oracle Multimedia to store and index meta-information together with external references that enable efficient access to media-content stored outside the database.
In Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1), the name Oracle interMedia was changed to Oracle Multimedia. The feature remains the same, only the name has changed.
Starting in Oracle Database 18c, Oracle Multimedia is deprecated. Oracle Multimedia will be desupported in Oracle Database 19c.
Oracle Multimedia is desupported in Oracle Database 19c, and the implementation is removed.
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