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UPnP AV WC
Status Update
(UPnP Summit 2003)
John Ritchie – Intel
Geert Knapen – Philips
UPnP AV Co-chairs
Agenda
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AV Architecture
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UPnP AV “Charter-2”
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Demo
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Questions
UPnP AV Architecture
UPnP AV Architecture
Scenarios
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Various User Scenarios
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Watch DVD-video on a TV
Listen to PC-music on a stereo system
Show digital camera photos on an EPF (Elec.
Picture Frame)
One Common Theme
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Content on Device A
Rendered on Device B
Control remotely by user
UPnP AV Architecture
Device Interaction Model
Control Point
Media
Server
VCR
Standard
UPnP Actions
Home LAN
TV
Camcorder
Content Directory
DVD Player
Standard
UPnP Actions
CD Player
Media
Renderer
MP3 Player
Rendering Control
Stereo
Clock Radio
Connection Manager
Camcorder
Tuner / STB
Manager
EPFConnection PC
AV Transport PC
(Optional)
Camera
AV Transport (Optional)
Speakers
Out-of-band
Transfer Protocol
UPnP AV Architecture
Services
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Content Directory
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Rendering Control
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Control rendering characteristics (Volume, Brightness, …)
Connection Manager
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Browse/search Content Items and Containers
Includes content meta-data (title, creator, resolution, …)
Manage content (e.g. create playlists, add new items,…)
Enumerate supported transfer protocols and data formats
Enumerate existing streams
AV Transport
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Control Content’s movement/position (Play, Pause, Seek,…)
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Provided by Server or Renderer based on selected protocol
UPnP AV Architecture
Typical Control Algorithm
Discover AV devices
Locate desired content
Negotiate a common
transfer protocol and data format
Initiate and control the transfer
Control how content is rendered
UPnP SSDP
Content Directory
Service
Connection Manager
Service
AV Transport
Service
Rendering Control
Service
UPnP AV “Charter-2”
UPnP AV “Charter 2”
Participants
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Intel
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LGE
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Microsoft
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Philips
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Pioneer
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Rincon Networks
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Samsung
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Sharp
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Sony
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ViXS Systems
Scope of Work
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Maintain existing specs
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Publish Recommended Practices docs
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Better compatibility checking (resolution, sample rates…)
Improved recording control
New Features
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Implementation guidelines
Common devices (TV, VCR, CD/DVD Player, audio player, …)
Enhance existing features
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Clarification of ambiguous text, additional examples
DRM/CP, scheduled recording, multicast, access control
Backward compatible with existing specs
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Based on UPnP V1 Device Architecture
Existing actions/state variables will remain unchanged
Logistics
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Timeline
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Plugfests at least quarterly
Preliminary Design (Ver 0.8) – Early Q1 ’04
Preliminary Design (Ver 0.9) – Late Q1 ‘04
SC approval of specs (Ver 1.0) – Late Q2 ’04
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5+ sample implementation commitments
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Co-chairs
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Intel – John Ritchie
Philips – Geert Knapen
Demos
Questions
For the interconnected lifestyle
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Announcing
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Demo
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Customer
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