Beyond Media official feature list (updated)

[rakeshagrawal]

Hi folks,

Here is an updated official feature list for the first release of Beyond Media 1.0. As with all SnapStream products, Beyond Media will be easy to install and easy to use and, at the same time, will provide you with a great deal of power and customizability.

Photos
- Browse your photo files
- Play a slideshow
- Rotate or zoom during a slideshow
- Pan zoomed photos during a slideshow
- Supported formats: JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIF, TIFF

Music
- Browse your music files
- Sort your music by album, artist, or genre
- Playlist creation and playback
- Current Playlist screen with visualizations
- Supported formats: AIFF, AU, MID, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA, WPL
- Play an audio CD

Video
- Browse your video files
- Fast forward, rewind, 30s skip, 7s back
- Playback support for Beyond TV SmartChapters
- Supported formats: WMV, AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, M2P, M2V

DVD playback
- DVD codec included (with Dolby 5.1 surround sound)
- Fast forward, rewind, 30s skip, 7s back
- Previous and next chapter support
- Title and root menu support
- Audio track selection support
- Subtitle selection support

Weather
- The weather plugin allows you to check out the latest weather conditions in your area

SnapStream Spotlight
- Buy and listen to music from online music download sites like Napster
- Rent the latest Hollywood movies from Movielink or Cinemanow without leaving the comfort of your living room.
- Listen to Internet Radio through internet radio sites like Live365

Plays well with Beyond TV, Firefly
- Integrates seamlessly with SnapStream's Beyond TV
- Works out of the box with SnapStream's Firefly

Miscellaneous
- File browser
- Start Menu browser
- "Running applications" browser
- Full-screen setup wizard
- Automatic notification when new updates are available

Customizability
- Rich skinning architecture
- Powerful plug-in architecture (based around .Net)
- Configurable menus


Discuss this feature list here:
http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/beyond-media-discussion/17180-discuss-beyond-media-1-0-feature-list-post100216.html



Colophon:
- 7/28/2004: initial list posted, we'll keep a history of changes here as/if they are made, RKA
- 10/14/2004: updated list posted

Here's what's changed:

Changes:

Photos:
- added "Pan zoomed photos during a slideshow"
- added "JPEG, TIF, TIFF" to supported formats
Music:
- added "Playlist creation"
- added "Current playlist screen with visualizations"
- added "Play an audio CD"

Video:
- added "M2P, M2V" to supported formats

DVD Playback:
- added "Audio track selection support"
- added "Subtitle selection support"

Weather Module (added)

Miscellaneous
- added "Automatic notification when new updates are available"