Patent ID: 8607284

Claim:
A method of outputting video content from a digital media server (DMS) to a digital media renderer (DMR), the method comprising: providing a digital media controller (DMC) to select a DMR for video playback; sending a playback request from the DMC to the selected DMR, wherein the DMC, the selected DMR, and the DMS each communicate with one another through a network; the selected DMR requesting data from the DMS in response to receiving the playback request from the DMC; the DMS capturing video and capturing audio; the DMS encoding the captured video and the captured audio to respectively produce encoded video and encoded audio; outputting the encoded video and the encoded audio from the DMS to the selected DMR; and playing the encoded video and the encoded audio on the selected DMR directly without the selected DMR first decoding the encoded video and the encoded audio.