last100 » Google Media Server http://www.last100.com Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Google enters the PC to TV arena http://www.last100.com/2008/06/27/google-enters-the-pc-to-tv-arena/ http://www.last100.com/2008/06/27/google-enters-the-pc-to-tv-arena/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:53 +0000 Steve O'Hear http://www.last100.com/?p=2049 Google today made its own contribution to solving the PC to TV problem with the release of Google Media Server. The Windows-only software works in conjunction with Google’s desktop search application – Google Desktop – to locate various media (photos, music and video) stored on your PC and make it available for streaming over a home network to any UPnP compatible or DLNA ‘certified’ device, such as a PlayStation 3.

See our recently published guide: DLNA certified: how your computer, cellphone, games console, media streamer and other devices can play nicely together

Google enters the PC to TV arenaWhile many UPnP server solutions already exist for Windows (it’s a pity Google hasn’t targeted Mac users), Google Media Server does bring a few specific features to the table. Namely support for Internet-based content from its photo sharing service Picasa, along with videos hosted on YouTube (using H.264 not Flash Video). From this we can conclude that Google Media Server is designed to make Google’s desktop search application that bit more useful, as well as offer another means of accessing YouTube on a TV.

Of course, Google Media Server could also be another sign that the company is testing the waters for a much more ambitious living room strategy — see Google wants to do for TV what it did for the Web.

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