Awesome Multimedia Technology Heads for KDE

An anonymous reader writes "Linux Devices is reporting on a cool new multimedia technology that's slated to be incuded in KDE 4.0. The two key components are Phonon, a central hardware configuration database said to free multimedia applications from the need to configure hardware, and NMM (network-integrated multimedia middleware), a distributed multimedia architecture whereby multimedia content can be readily shared among networked devices and even 'handed over' from one device to another. Potential NMM applications include networked multimedia home entertainment systems, distributed and parallel media processing applications, distributed streaming servers and services, communication and control systems, and large-scale multimedia installations such as video walls, according to the article, which includes some interesting photos and diagrams. Phonon and NMM will be demonstrated at LinuxTag, May 3-6, in Wiesbaden, Germany."

Re:"KDE 4.0: Now even more bloated!"

[Rei]

You want to run KDE without kwin? Brilliant! Next up: Running Linux without that pesky kernel.

Re:"KDE 4.0: Now even more bloated!"

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. Maybe you should pull the KCock out of your KAss?

Re:Awesome Multimedia Technology?

[baadger]

only if you install libmad and libcrazy

Re:"KDE 4.0: Now even more bloated!"

[Jesus_666]

foo@bar:~$ sudo apt-get install kbattleship
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  kdelibs libkdegames everything