On 07/06/2014 09:39, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Richard
Kimber
wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:06:06 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote:


On a completely different matter, I note that you put streamers in
quotes. I've always thought that using a dlna server was 'streaming'
and that doing anything else was 'playing'. Am I right that there's
been a takeover of the term 'streaming' by the wider community that
does not use dlna? IMHO Software players 'play'. But, then, nowadays,
nothing seems to matter :-)


I'd have thought Youtube (etc) is an example of streaming, so DLNA not
required.

I confess I've become quite confused by the ways people have started to use
the terms 'streamer' and 'streaming'. I have the feeling that hifi mags,
etc have started using the terms for more than one thing without making a
distinction.


FWIW, I've always taken 'streaming' as the process of delivery (of data)
from one place to another, delivered by the owner (etc) and accessible
to authorised recipients.

Confusion can build because a lot of hardware can become involved, perhaps?

Don't think it's much more than that!

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Cheers, Rob