[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Phonon, an advanced multimedia architecture due in KDE 4.0,
will be demonstrated at LinuxTag, May 3-6, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
The Phonon architecture supports NMM (network-integrated multimedia
middleware), enabling such capabilities as delivering synchronized
audio and video presentations across networked systems, controlled
by a single, central application.“Phonon comprises a central hardware configuration database said
to free multimedia applications from the need to configure
hardware…”