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Published inJan 2015
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David Lewin
David Lewin
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David Lewin

David Lewin was introduced early to electronics and computers by TRS-80, Atari, and Commodore 64; he has never quit since then. He spends his free time watching out for technology for the next generation of embedded systems when he is not exploring philosophy. David is a passionate and creative embedded developer who spent 20 years working for automotive companies such as Renault, Peugeot, and Faurecia, as well as for satellites with Thales Alenia Space. He currently works in Sophia Antipolis, the French Riviera Silicon Valley, designing industrial embedded systems.
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Why approvals are required


Using a media server is not similar to using a simple media reader, where you just copy/paste video or audio in it and read them later. Sharing contents implies that you can manage who will access them.

After submitting a video, it needs to be validated before it is made available online.

As such, consider these scenarios:

  • You just came back from holidays and want to show your photos and videos to friends on your TV set and also let them add comments. How about unrelated or inappropriate comments?

  • Your daughter would want to have her own space to publish her media and share it through Facebook from her laptop. Don't you think this should be supervised a bit?

  • Meanwhile, your kid wants the last Disney movie from the VOD provider on his tablet, right now! What about account credentials?

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    Standard media readers are DVDs, CDs, hard drives, network attached storage (NAS), game consoles, or any software/device that lets you listen to music or watch movies. The server...

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David Lewin

David Lewin was introduced early to electronics and computers by TRS-80, Atari, and Commodore 64; he has never quit since then. He spends his free time watching out for technology for the next generation of embedded systems when he is not exploring philosophy. David is a passionate and creative embedded developer who spent 20 years working for automotive companies such as Renault, Peugeot, and Faurecia, as well as for satellites with Thales Alenia Space. He currently works in Sophia Antipolis, the French Riviera Silicon Valley, designing industrial embedded systems.
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