andyg;653909 Wrote: 
> Yeah, don't worry about Revue testing, that's being handled by Logitech
> QA. I would suggest you guys focus on other things, especially Xbox/PS3
> which I don't have.

and another great way to help would be using the beebits "Test Suite" 

http://coherence.beebits.net/wiki/TestSuite




and some new terminology too in the UPnP/DLNA world 

Audio/Video devices

This chapter covers the three UPnP Audio/Video devices specified by the
UPnP Forum. Together they build an infrastructure for distributing media
content throughout a local network at home without the need of a
complicated setup.

MediaServer

That is the place where all the media files are stored that are going
to be published in the network. After the activation of the MediaServer
it scans all resources (usually the file system) for media that should
be shared. To ease the selection of media for the client/user the
server has to provide some metadata about the shared files. Hence it
needs to read all the shared files and index them according to the data
found in ID3 tags, AVI containers etc. The collected data can be browsed
or searched by the client/user. If a file matches the criteria of the
client/user it is requested from the MediaServer and it starts to
stream it to the device rendering the content.

A MediaServer can be a computer with MediaServer software installed
(i.e. [TVersity], see page 15), an intelligent network storage with a
tiny MediaServer built-in (i.e. [TwonkyMedia?], see page 14) or another
device that offers its data via an UPnP interface (i.e. [Nokia N80]).

MediaRenderer

The renderer takes the data that is streamed by the server and outputs
it according to the media format. After activation and announcing
itself in the network a MediaRenderer is waiting for a ControlPoint
that is issuing commands to request and play a file. If such a command
is received the renderer connects to the given MediaServer and
retrieves the file. The data is decoded and sent to the output device,
screen and/or speakers. While the playback is running the ControlPoint
can still affect it and change for example the volume for audio
playback or the contrast for video playback.

MediaRenderers are rarely sold on their own. Typically renderer and
ControlPoint are integrated within one device. They are available as
computer programs, often in form of a MediaCenter? (i.e. [NeroHome?],
see page 16), as audio clients having a WLAN connection (i.e. [NOXON 2
audio]) or as fully featured client that is playing every media type
(i.e. [Buffalo LinkTheater? PC-P3LWG/DVD]).

ControlPoint

The ControlPoint connects MediaServer and MediaRenderer. It usually has
a graphical interface that shows all available servers in a tree
structure and when the user selects one the content of this server is
displayed. Now all the content can be browsed, typically by file name,
artist, song name, etc. If a file was chosen and more than one
MediaRenderer is available the user has to choose where to play the
file. After making the choice the URL of the chosen file is sent to the
chosen renderer who in turn requests the actual file using this URL.
When the URL is sent to the renderer it does not automatically start to
play. The ControlPoint initiates the playback using a control command.
As said before in the MediaRenderer section, the user can control all
common parameters like volume, brightness or colour temperature using
the interface of the ControlPoint.

ControlPoint software without an attached renderer is pretty rare. The
only two I know, are Intel AV Media Controller (see page 16) and Cidero
MediaController? (see page 16). These two are only ControlPoints without
the ability to render any content. An interesting use case is the
MediaStreamer? for the Nokia N800. It is a full featured ControlPoint
with an internal renderer. While other combined devices can just play
the content on the integrated renderer, MediaStreamer? allows the user
to control another renderer that is playing some music track while
listening to the next track using the internal renderer.


-- 
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