Bug#178287: ITP: MAS - Media Application Server

[David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : mas
  Version         : 0.6.0
  Upstream Author : 
* URL             : http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/
* License         : X
  Description     : Media Application Server


from the MAS site:

  "MAS will provide a complete mechanism for media support, for all
  pluri-modal media, for all platforms, for all operating systems, for all
  window systems.

  MAS supports the desktop and, transparently, the network.
  In particular, MAS will provide complete support for the X Window
  System, across the network.

  MAS is an open system: the complete core will remain under the original
  MIT ("X") license, equally supporting open and proprietary use and
  development.

  MAS provides mechanisms for structured extension, and will be supported
  by dedicated testing and certification processes."

Basically what this means is that it is a transparent way to
get sound from an application to a sound device, similar to
what X does for video.

I'm also planning to package the related software on the site.



dave...