That looks very interesting! Let's make sure it gets on the agenda. :)
On 1/3/10 12:27 PM, Frank Scholz wrote: > Hi, > > my name is Frank Scholz and I'm the founder and lead-developer of > Coherence. Together with Philippe Normand, who works on Mirabeau, > I would like to propose a talk for the XMPP FOSDEM dev room. > > > Mirabeau - creating personal media networks and bridging UPnP devices > over the Internet > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > DLNA/UPnP devices - consoles, set-top boxes, TVs - finally > enter our living rooms and allow an easy access of our digital media. > > But the UPnP A/V specification has been designed for local networks > only - preventing media sharing over network borders. > > With the UPnP framework Coherence and the Jabber/XMPP infrastructure > we are able to overcome these obstacles. > > This greatly simplifies the realization of the "access > everywhere" concept and the implementation of "family and friends" > networks. Not only between some software with a dedicated library, > but also by transparently integrating ordinary Consumer Electronics > devices. > > Parents can use there DLNA-enabled TV in their home to look at their > kids photos on the NAS there, or one can access his audio-collection > with the laptop from everywhere, or just with the PS3 at a party at > some friends place. > > With new hardware showing up, like the PlugComputer, we even have > an ideal platform for this task, which e.g. could be given > pre-configured away to other family members. > > Beside the bridging a device like that can act of course as > an UPnP MediaServer too, and be an UPnP MediaHub to online-content > like Flickr, YouTube, Picasa, Miro, BBC,... > > Now with all necessary parts in place - viz. in the > Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/... repositories, a simple package install, > the naming of an Jabber server and a chat room there is all > that's needed to create a personal media network. > > Technically this is realized by enabling the sharing of UPnP devices, > like an UPnP MediaServer, with members of ones roster. The communication > to and from these devices is done via 'messages' in a MUC, where > each Coherence/Mirabeau instance appears as a chat user. > The actual media-transfer is at the moment done out-of-band, > to not strain the servers excessively. > > > Coherence is an Open-Source DLNA/UPnP framework, > -> http://coherence-project.org > > with the emphasis on being easily extended - resulting in a > community driven, constantly growing list of plugins. > -> http://coherence-project.org/wiki/MediaServer > > Mirabeau was first presented on the 2nd Open-Source DLNA summit in 2008 > -> http://coherence-project.org/download/coherence-jabber.pdf > > and demonstrated during Gnome/KDE conference in 2009 > -> http://coherence-project.org/download/mirabeau-guadec-2009.odp > > http://netzflocken.de/2009/6/30/pont-mirabeau-an-upnp-bridge > http://base-art.net/Articles/108/ > > http://www.plugcomputer.org/ > > Regards, > Frank
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