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Smart Audio for the Smart Home
- rektide 5y agofun article. but also littered with some technical issues. mp3s definitely had some presence in the late 90s, albeit not a big presence. more seriously, upnp not dlna defined MediaServer and MediaRenderer, and i believe it started that way? im still not really sure what dlna's value add was. i have weakly believed it was defining encoding & container formats that were acceptable for use, adding some features here & there but im not sure. it could be that dlna did indeed get together & author these upnp specs though. what an important topic. 20 years of ubiquotous & pervasive computing failing, of it being close, but not quite right. making the device smarter, not just a dumb render target, seemingly makes most of the difference. there is Open Screen Protocol, a wip spec that's a part of the second screen working group, to allow control over target devices. it illustrates the two paths well: there's a dumb "send video" mode. but the real spec, imo, is a essentially a remote controlled web browser. https://w3c.github.io/openscreenprotocol/explainer.html https://w3c.github.io/openscreenprotocol/explainer.html