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| author | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2009-06-01 17:47:58 +0300 |
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| committer | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2009-06-01 17:47:58 +0300 |
| commit | 4ff7e23f5be62a0b44bfc13d3f64a253c3a0bbb0 (patch) | |
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| parent | fb86d63f12bf6ac3c449f551a79521d4222ea160 (diff) | |
| download | rygel-4ff7e23f5be62a0b44bfc13d3f64a253c3a0bbb0.tar.gz | |
Update README to reflect the Rygel homepage
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@@ -1,16 +1,39 @@ What is Rygel? -Rygel: +Rygel is a collection of UPnP/DLNA[1][2] devices, implemented through a plug-in +mechanism. -* is an implementation of the UPnP MediaServer V 2.0 specification[1] -* is designed for GNOME desktop. -* is based on GUPnP[2]. -* supports plugable Media providers (and currently has a tracker[3]-based media - provider). -* is written (mostly) in Vala language[4]. +== Important facts and features == + * Specifically designed for GNOME (Mobile) and is therefore planned to be one + of the key new features of Maemo[3] platform in the Harmattan[4] release. + * Based on GUPnP[5]. + * Written (mostly) in Vala language[6] + * APIs to ease the implementation of AV devices (currently only MediaServer[7] + version 2.0 specification[8]. + * Export of on-disk media: + * tracker[9] plugin. + * Folder: Recursively exports folders specified in the user preferences. + * Export of live TV (DVB) channels streams through DVB Daemon[10]. + * Export of online media from 2nd German TV station[11]. + * Export of media hierarchies provided by external applications through + implementation of this spec[12]. The first application that utilizes this + feature is PulseAudio[13]. + * Audio and Video Transcoding: source format could be anything GStreamer's + decodebin2 can handle but output formats are currently limited to: mp3, PCM + and MPEG TS. Fortunately the transcoding framework is flexible enough to + easily add more transcoding targets. -[1] http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf -[2] http://www.gupnp.org/ -[3] http://www.tracker-project.org/ -[4] http://www.vala-project.org/ +[1] http://www.upnp.org +[2] http://www.dlna.org +[3] http://maemo.org/intro/platform +[4] http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Harmattan|Harmattan +[5] http://www.gupnp.org +[6] http://www.vala-project.org +[7] http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server +[8] http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf +[9] http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker +[10] http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon +[11] http://www.zdf.de +[12] http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServerSpec +[13] http://www.pulseaudio.org |