Comments on: Welcome to the future http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/welcome-to-the-future/ My weblog. Things I do, stuff I like. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ElibeSmeniSew http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/welcome-to-the-future/#comment-407 ElibeSmeniSew Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:44:54 +0000 http://vilunki.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-407 Very nice!! Very nice!!

]]> By: jku http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/welcome-to-the-future/#comment-403 jku Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:40 +0000 http://vilunki.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-403 turn_self_off, yeah, the device that does the actual playback must be a UPnP "MediaRenderer", a device standard defined by upnp.org (confusingly a UPnP "MediaServer" does not render or play anything it just makes content available on network). Calling a MediaRenderer a glorified remote control interface is probably an understatement though :) I have a dedicated media machine running linux so I just started gupnp-media-renderer, but IMO the common setup should/will be that your audio equipment just supports UPnP. This isn't very common now, but there are nice devices out there: PS3, Roku Soundbridge, some televisions... So the "end-user ready" solution would be a combination of these (all pre-installed of course): - MediaRenderers: TV, amplifier or dedicated music device - MediaServers: nw storage devices, laptops, phones (basically anything in the network with media files) - ControlPoints: Dedicated remote, Internet tablet, phone turn_self_off, yeah, the device that does the actual playback must be a UPnP “MediaRenderer”, a device standard defined by upnp.org (confusingly a UPnP “MediaServer” does not render or play anything it just makes content available on network). Calling a MediaRenderer a glorified remote control interface is probably an understatement though :)

I have a dedicated media machine running linux so I just started gupnp-media-renderer, but IMO the common setup should/will be that your audio equipment just supports UPnP. This isn’t very common now, but there are nice devices out there: PS3, Roku Soundbridge, some televisions…

So the “end-user ready” solution would be a combination of these (all pre-installed of course):
- MediaRenderers: TV, amplifier or dedicated music device
- MediaServers: nw storage devices, laptops, phones (basically anything in the network with media files)
- ControlPoints: Dedicated remote, Internet tablet, phone

]]> By: turn_self_off http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/welcome-to-the-future/#comment-402 turn_self_off Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:48:43 +0000 http://vilunki.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-402 so what kind of setup would one need specifically for this? im guessing some kind of media server with a upnp exposed remote control interface hooked up to the stereo audio input? so what kind of setup would one need specifically for this?

im guessing some kind of media server with a upnp exposed remote control interface hooked up to the stereo audio input?

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