[coherence-dev] Ann: Coherence release 0.6.6

[Frank Scholz]

Hi,

gift season is near and we'll have a new release
of Coherence ready for your socks.

I would like to turn your attention in particular to Mirabeau¹,
our UPnP bridge over the Internet with the help of XMPP/Jabber.
We are looking forward to make it 'end-user ready' for next years
Fosdem in February.

0.6.6 - Red-Nosed Reindeer

 * new MediaServer backends that allow access to
   * Banshee - exports audio and video files from Banshees media db
     (http://banshee-project.org/)
   * FeedStore - a MediaServer serving generic RSS feeds
   * Playlist - exposes the list of video/audio streams from
     a m3u playlist, (e.g. web TV listings published by french
     ISPs such as Free, SFR...)
   * YAMJ - serves the movie/TV series data files and metadata
     from a given YAMJ (Yet Another Movie Jukebox) library
     (http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/)
 * updates on Mirabeau - our "UPnP over XMPP" bridge
 * simplifications in the D-Bus API
 * a first implementation of an JSON/REST API
 * advancements of the GStreamer MediaRenderer, supporting
   now GStreamers playbin2
 * upgrade of the DVB-Daemon MediaServer
 * refinements in the transcoding section, having now the choice
   to use GStreamer pipelines or external processes like mencoder
 * more 'compatibility' improvements for different devices
   (e.g. Samsung TVs or Apache Felix)
 * and - as every time - the usual bugfixes and enhancements

Kudos go to Benjamin (lightyear) Kampmann,
            Dominik (schrei5) Ruf,
            Frank (dev) Scholz,
            Friedrich (frinring) Kossebau,
            Jean-Michel (jmsizun) Sizun,
            Philippe (philn) Normand,
            Sebastian (sebp) Pölsterl,
            Zaheer (zaheerm) Merali

Coherence is a framework written in Python, providing a variety
of UPnP MediaServer - for local media and remote content like Flickr
or YouTube, and UPnP MediaRenderer implementations for instant use.

It includes an UPnP ControlPoint, accessible via D-Bus too,
which enables applications in Gnome - e.g. Totem, Rhythmbox, Nautilus,
and KDE - Amarok and Dolphin to interact with the UPnP world.

Get it and read more about it at http://coherence-project.org

Best Regards and a Merry and Peaceful Christmas,
Frank

¹: http://coherence-project.org/download/mirabeau-guadec-2009.odp