Nokia choose to work with Fluendo on GStreamer multimedia framework for embedded devices

Unix and GNU/Linux multimedia specialists Fluendo and world leader in mobile technology Nokia announced today the work done to strengthen the qualities of the popular open source GStreamer framework for usage on embedded devices. The effort includes work on improving core features of GStreamer to reduce resource usage and memory footprint even further.

"Nokia is constantly looking for new opportunities to innovate and drive our product development forward faster, being able to work with Fluendo on GStreamer has enabled us to do this when working on the Nokia 770.", Nokia Software Development Manager Yannick Pellet says.

"Being able to join forces with a world leader like Nokia with their unique tradition of innovation and engineering excellence is a fantastic opportunity for us", Fluendo Business Manager Christian Schaller says. "The usage of Linux on embedded systems is growing fast and being able to use the same API and framework on embedded devices that they use for their multimedia desktop and server development is a great boon for developers. Thanks to being able to work on this with Nokia we are able to provide developers with this unified solution."

The GStreamer framework is a central part of the Nokia 770 internet tablet providing its multimedia processing and handling facilities. As the central multimedia component in the Maemo development platform on which the Nokia 770 is built GStreamer will enable developers to create all sorts of multimedia applications for this innovative device.

The results of this collaboration will continuously be submitted to the GStreamer Open Source community and merged into the project under the same licensing terms that governs GStreamer today, the GNU LGPL license, allowing the functionality of GStreamer to be accessed by products under licensing terms of their creators own choosing.

GStreamer
The GStreamer framework is the leading multimedia framework on Linux and Unix systems being deployed both as part of the GNOME desktop utilized by vendors such as Red Hat, Novell, Sun and Canonical and by being utilized by server side products such as the Flumotion Streaming Media server by Fluendo.

GStreamer popularity comes from its modular and clean design allowing it to be utilized for everything ranging from small handheld devices, full fledged desktop solutions to back-end media processing and delivery systems.

Fluendo S.L.
Fluendo is a company specialized in delivering products and consulting services focusing on UNIX and GNU/Linux multimedia. Fluendo employs several of the central developers of the GStreamer multimedia framework, which is quickly establishing itself as the de-facto standard multimedia framework for GNU/Linux and UNIX systems.

Fluendo's flagship product is the streaming media server, Flumotion, blessed with a unique and powerful distributed design. Fluendo comes out ahead by combining best-of-breed systems from the Open Source world with a strong team of highly knowledgeable software engineers and a management team with a lot of streaming media expertise.

Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.

For more information
For more information on Fluendo, visit the website at http://www.fluendo.com/ or mail

For more information on the Nokia, http://www.nokia.com/

For more information on GStreamer, http://www.gstreamer.net

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