Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: nmm Version: 0.9.1 Upstream Author: several * URL: http://www.networkmultimedia.org * License: GPL and LGPL Description: Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware
Multimedia is still not well supported in most Unix environments in contrast to other OS-platforms where several multimedia infrastructures are established. However these models adopt a PC-centric approach, where all multimedia processing takes place within a single computer. The network is, at best, used for streaming data transmission. Since there is a strong trend towards networked multimedia devices (like networked cameras, audio devices, PDAs, celluar phones, settop-boxes, and PCs) these centralized approaches are becoming obsolete. The goal of our work is to design and develop a multimedia middleware, which considers the network as an integral part and enables the intelligent use of devices distributed across a network. We are currently designing and implementing a network-integrated multimedia infrastructure for Linux (as well as other operating systems). Our unified architecture offers a simple and easy to use interface for applications to integrate multimedia functionality. Therefore, it can be used as enabling technology for traditional multimedia applications, but also for ubiquitous computing and mobile computing. The NMM project is a joint R&D effort of the Computer Graphics Lab at Saarland University and Motama, a spin-off company of Saarland University, Germany. The result of our work is available as Open Source (LGPL and GPL). Commercial services and support for developing specific solutions based on NMM technology are provided by Motama. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
