GMediaRender

Introduction

GMediaRender is a UPnP(tm) media renderer for POSIX(r)-compliant systems, such as Linux(r) or UNIX(r). It implements the server component that provides UPnP controllers a means to render media content (audio, video and images) from a UPnP media server.

Copyright

License

GMediaRender is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

Note that GMediaRender links with libupnp, which is licensed under the terms of a modified BSD license (i.e. the original BSD license without the advertising clause). This license is compatible with the GNU GPL.

Note that GMediaRender does not ship with any codecs, and is licensed without exception to the GNU GPL. For more info, contact your lawyer, check out the FSF website, or have a look at:

http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/licensing.html

The source code of this project may contain files from other projects, and files generated by other projects, including:

GMediaServer (http://www.nongnu.org/gmediaserver/)

Binary files license

The files 'grender-128x128.png' and 'grender-64x64.png', included in this package, are Copyright (C) 2005 Ivo Clarysse. Copying and distribution of these files, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved.

Requirements

The following programs are required to build GMediaRender:

GNU C Compiler (gcc), 2.95 or later.

The following libraries are required to build and run GMediaRender:

Linux SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp), 1.2.1 or later (BSD license) http://upnp.sourceforge.net/
GStreamer (LGPL) http://www.gstreamer.net/

Trademarks

UPnP(tm) is a trademark of the UPnP Implementers Corporation. "POSIX" is a registered trademark of the IEEE in the United States. Linux(r) is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX(r) is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.