Multimedia Gateway  - A gateway refers to hardware and/or software that bridges the gap between two otherwise incompatible products, applications and/or networks. Multimedia Gateways make it possible for data to be transferred among different computers, devices and terminals. A multimedia gateway is a gateway which transcodes audio, video, control and data across possibly incompatible devices and networks. This incompatibility can occur due to differences in standards, formats, specifications etc. See Media Center.

Decoder

Encoding (Encoder)

Home Media Centers


Windows Home Server (Software) (WHS)