Assume
you have a mobile, TV, PC and multimedia devices at home and you would like to
play a video taken from your camera over TV. Previously, you would have
transferred the contents to DVD drive using PC, then play that DVD using some
multimedia device. But think of a technology where you can play the videos from
you camera directly connecting to TV. Yes, this possible using DLNA (Digital
Living Network Alliance). DLNA helps various multimedia devices in the home to
communicate between each other. DLNA was started by Sony.
Multimedia
devices like TV, DVD/Blu-ray players, smart phones, tablets, PCs and other commercial
devices can be part of this network. For this you only need a wireless/wired
connection and a application installed on these multimedia devices. The only requirement is both the devices must
be DLNA compliant. DLNA defines standards like any other protocols.
In
DLNA also, the same Client-Server architecture applies. If you want to transfer
data from your PC, install softwares like Twonky
to make it a server. Also, TVersity is
another example. On the receiver side
you have Smartshare, Allshare.
Except
Apple all other smart phone vendors like Intel, HP, Motorola, HTC, Microsoft,
Samsung, LG and Panasonic are making products that will happily communicate
with each other. Apple uses AirPlay. This is just not a feature of android
phones, NOKIA is bringing it to windows phones also.
You
can detect a DLNA device by seeing a DLNA logo on the product you have
purchased.
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