| With big-screen, high-resolution flat TV gradually into families, people have the needs of watching high-definition video program at home. Also with the rapid development of Internet and multimedia technologies, people have more access to high-definition video and audio information. An increasing number of multimedia data stored in the family's personal computer. So naturally produces the need of connect all intelligent device in a family to a home network, this will allow watching enriched video programs stored in PC in the family's big-screen television, provide better entertainment experience. This family network is the natural Home Multimedia Network.Home High-Definition Video Network is a network system constructed in the Home Multimedia Network focusing on High-Definition video and audio data management and playback. This network use a personal computer or other types of dedicated servers as the core, use other various playback equipments in the family as clients. Users can use these client equipment to play media date stored in the media server.Home High-Definition Video Network using a set of application layer protocol based on IP network protocol stack to coordinate the order of control commands and data transmission between server and the client's , and the server maintain a unified media library to store, manage and transmission all media data in the family. As the Home High-Definition Video Network is built on the IP network and designed under the features of High-Definition Video playback system, it is hardware independent, simple, efficient and user-friendly. |
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