What is a Media Plug-In

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Media Plug-Ins are DCE Devices, which are loaded into the DCE Router memory space. They execute on the CORE. This is important, because the Media Plugins are responsible for:

  • Creating and Managing Media Streams
  • Sending Commands to Media Players to start, stop, and move media.
  • Pairing the Media Players to their appropriate entertainment areas and therefore telling the parent Media Plugin what devices to send media commands to.

I have started notes here for Creating a Media Plug-in