SYSTEM FOR SETTING UP AT LEAST ONE MEDIA PATH FOR A MEDIA STREAM AS WELL AS A METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLING A MEDIA DEVICE
A system for setting up at least one media path for a media stream in at least one network (2, 3) comprises a media device (10) in at least part of said media path. Said media device (10) is controlled by a media controller (20). The media device is capable of controlling said part of the media path and its interaction with the media stream at least nearly autonomously under control of the media controller. A method controls the media device in terms of separate resources (11-16, 121-124, 131, 132), which represent functional components within the media device (10), and connections between resources. The media path is created and maintained by joining relevant resources and connections and setting relevant properties of the relevant resources. In software for carrying out the method, one or more of the resources and connections are represented in terms of separate, substantially encapsulated objects having properties. These resources and connections are controlled by setting the relevant properties of the associated objects.