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Miracast. Miracast is a wireless communications standard created by the Wi-Fi Alliance which is designed to transmit video and sound from devices (such as laptops or smartphones) to display receivers (such as TVs, monitors, or projectors). It uses Wi-Fi Direct to create an ad hoc encrypted wireless connection [1] and can roughly be described as ...
YAACC is an open source UPnP/DLNA server, renderer and controller. ZappoTV is a free DLNA compliant digital media controller, server and renderer. Archos Video Player has DLNA rendering/player capabilities. PlainUPnP (formerly DroidUPnP) is an open source DLNA controller. Mbogi Music is an open source DLNA controller.
AirPlay is a proprietary wireless communication protocol stack/suite developed by Apple Inc. that allows the streaming of multimedia and device screens, together with related metadata, between compatible devices. Originally implemented only in Apple's own software and hardware, the company has since licensed the AirPlay protocol stack to third ...
Wi-Fi Direct. Wi-Fi Direct is a Wi-Fi standard for wireless connections [1] that allows two devices to establish a direct Wi-Fi connection without an intermediary wireless access point, router, or Internet connection. Wi-Fi Direct is single-hop communication, rather than multi-hop communication like wireless ad hoc networks.
Popular examples of streaming services include Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube . An over-the-top media service (OTT) is a streaming media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, the companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors of such content.
For TV sets in the US, Argentina, Australia, Canada, the UK and elsewhere. [46] Roku Roku OS For Roku TV sets. Also for Roku TV Streaming Sticks and Players. [47] Samsung: Tizen OS for TV: For newer TV sets. Samsung Smart TV (Orsay OS [64]) Former solution for TV sets and connected Blu-ray players. Now replaced by Tizen OS. [65] Sansui Roku OS
iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple. It was used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists.
A first-generation Chromecast plugged into the HDMI port of a TV. All Chromecast devices offer at least two methods to stream content: the first employs mobile and web apps that include the Google Cast technology; the second, which applies to video models, allows mirroring of content from the web browser Google Chrome running on a personal computer, as well as content displayed on some Android ...