Bug#378750: RFP: nmm - Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware
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.
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