Flingo
Encyclopedia
Flingo is a set of protocols, a bookmarklet, and a client-server
program
developed by Free Stream Media Corp., which does business as "Flingo". Flingo enables users to instruct an Internet-connected TV device to acquire and playback media files located on remote computers.
Flingo was recently released by Ashwin Navin
former President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent (company). According to the project's website, it is maintained by Free Stream Media Corp. a company founded by Ashwin Navin
, David Harrison, Alvir Navin, Omar Zennadi and Todd Johnson.
According to the public source code repository, Flingo's open source client was written by David Harrison and Omar Zennadi in Python
, and is free software
licensed under the GPL
.
desktop to a Vizio
TV or a Western Digital
Live Plus HD Media Player.
Flingo can also be used to "fling" from websites, wikis, blogs, forums, emails, and tweets to TVs or other Flingo-enabled media devices. For example, clicking on http://flingo.tv/fling/a?purl=http://flingo.org/ flings the video Big Buck Bunny which appears on the web page http://flingo.org/ to any flingo-enabled TV or media device in the private network containing the reader of this wiki page. To improve aesthetics, the same link can be associated with the flingo icon using wiki markup as follows:
Setting pageurl to http://flingo.org in the markup above results in
Client-server
The client–server model of computing is a distributed application that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients. Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both...
program
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
developed by Free Stream Media Corp., which does business as "Flingo". Flingo enables users to instruct an Internet-connected TV device to acquire and playback media files located on remote computers.
Flingo was recently released by Ashwin Navin
Ashwin Navin
Ashwin Navin was the President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent, Inc. He joined Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, in 2004 and reportedly handled business and company-related matters while Cohen focused on engineering and product development...
former President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent (company). According to the project's website, it is maintained by Free Stream Media Corp. a company founded by Ashwin Navin
Ashwin Navin
Ashwin Navin was the President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent, Inc. He joined Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, in 2004 and reportedly handled business and company-related matters while Cohen focused on engineering and product development...
, David Harrison, Alvir Navin, Omar Zennadi and Todd Johnson.
According to the public source code repository, Flingo's open source client was written by David Harrison and Omar Zennadi in Python
Python (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
, and is free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
licensed under the GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
.
Features
The Flingo Desktop client allows a user to send a video from a website or user's Windows or OSXOSX
-Technology:*OS-X, an operating system for the Zilog Z80*DC/OSx, 1980s-era Unix operating system by Pyramid Technology-Other:*Kosciusko-Attala County Airport in Kosciusko, Mississippi, by IATA code*OSX, a Brazilian shipbuilding company, part of the EBX Group...
desktop to a Vizio
Vizio
Vizio is a privately held producer of consumer electronics, based in Irvine, California, USA. It was founded in October 2002 as V Inc. Vizio's major partner in the consumer electronics arena is AmTran Technology, a Taiwan-based OEM/ODM that manufactures more than half of the televisions sold...
TV or a Western Digital
Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. It has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company. Western Digital was founded on April 23, 1970 by Alvin B...
Live Plus HD Media Player.
Flingo can also be used to "fling" from websites, wikis, blogs, forums, emails, and tweets to TVs or other Flingo-enabled media devices. For example, clicking on http://flingo.tv/fling/a?purl=http://flingo.org/ flings the video Big Buck Bunny which appears on the web page http://flingo.org/ to any flingo-enabled TV or media device in the private network containing the reader of this wiki page. To improve aesthetics, the same link can be associated with the flingo icon using wiki markup as follows:
Setting pageurl to http://flingo.org in the markup above results in
External links
- Official Website for Flingo Open Source project
- Official Website for Free Stream Media Corp.
- Forbes interviews Flingo's CEO about the Smart TV marketplace
- Flingo's announced deployment on Syabas, Popcorn Hour and Popbox devices
- BestBuy announces support for Flingo on Insignia TVs
- Flingo's official launch covered by GigaOm
- Flingo demo on Western Digital's WDTV
- Flingo demo and coverage on NBC News
- Flingo's Vimeo page including a product demo