Jason Dunn
12-01-2004, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_6_Reloaded_Nero_MediaHome.html' target='_blank'>http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_6_Reloaded_Nero_MediaHome.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Nero MediaHome is a program for streaming videos, music and images to UPnP™-capable equipment (UPnP = Universal Plug and Play) and also to Nero ShowTime 2. Real-Time transcoding of your media into several different target formats. This ensures upward compatibility of your UPnP™ media renderers. So you will always be able to playback the newest and most efficient audio and video formats even if the renderer does not support it by native."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/nero-mediahome.jpg" /> <br /><br />It seems like everyone wants to get into the "home streaming media server" business now, Nero included. The <a href="http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_6_Reloaded_Nero_MediaHome_Gallery.html">overall UI looks great</a>, but this is just the software piece - you'll still need to buy a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) networked media player. In light of that, I'm having a hard time seeing where this will fit in - I wonder if they're banking on the on-the-fly transcoding? For instance, if you have a UPnP-based media player that doesn't support WMV (many don't) you can use this software to transcode it to MPEG2 or whatever your player supports. I can't help but think the quality would be nasty though... :?