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Coherence 0.5.8

Coherence - DLNA/UPnP framework for the digital living

Coherence is a framework written in Python, providing a variety of UPnP MediaServer and UPnP MediaRenderer implementations for instant use. Furthermore it enables your application to participate in digital living networks, at the moment primarily the DLNA/UPnP universe.

Its objective and demand is to relieve your application from all the membership/the UPnP related tasks as much as possible.

New in this 0.5.8 - Trix and Flix - release

  • a MediaServer backend for DVB-Daemon (http://www.k-d-w.org/node/42) * exporting atm the stored recordings * allowing to delete recordings from within a UPnP client, when enabled on the backend * will export EPG data and allow scheduling via UPnP in the future
  • client device and service implementations for BinaryLight and DimmableLight devices
  • rework of the D-Bus support * should now be usable from other languages (C,Perl,..) too * support for activating/deactivation a backend via D-Bus, allowing for instance to start a MediaServer backend via D-Bus
  • a plugin for Totem (http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/) * enabling Totem to detect and browse UPnP A/V MediaServers * using only D-Bus to communicate with a Coherence instance
  • a basic reusable PyGTK based UPnP A/V ControlPoint widget, used in the Totem plugin
  • rework (again) of the XBox 360 support - getting closer
  • our first set of unit tests
  • include a copy of Louie (http://pylouie.org) to solve a setuptools runtime dependency issue and make the life of distribution packagers a bit easier
  • and the usual bugfixes and enhancements