====== Media Portal Proposal Document ======
This document will be the closing capture statement of the Concept Development Phase.  Requires customer approval.

===== Idea =====
This is to consolidate the various media projects I have.  They are [[|:wiki:projects:apps:btv4ppc|Beyond TV for PPC]], [[:wiki:projects:apps:btvShowDesc|Beyond TV Show Description]], [[:wiki:projects:apps:newTvPlayback|New TV Playback]], [[:wiki:projects:apps:mediaDownloader|Media Downloader]], [[:wiki:projects:apps:mp3Editor|MP3 Editor]], and [[:wiki:projects:apps:musicSync|Music Sync]].  Most of this stuff is background processing and should be made as such.  Also, I only need one or two GUI apps that will allow me access to the functionality of the background apps.  The   [[:wiki:projects:apps:distrib_proc|Distributed Proecessing]] application could be used as a vehicle for most of the processing that needs to be done.

===== High Concept =====
One system to rule them all.

===== Target Market Segment Strategy =====
This is to identify what the underlying message will be and how it will be conveyed to the target market.

===== Features =====
  * single point of management.
  * They work together instead of being isolated.

===== Target Market =====
Anybody that wants a cool media management system.

===== Target Hardware Platform =====
The ideal system would be distributed.  These computers could be as slow as a Pentium III.  The apps should be OS independant.

===== Estimated Schedule and Budget =====
It's a lot of work but most of the work should be able to be ported to the unified infrastructure.  I would esitmate 2-3 months to get all the functionality I want to create.  This is at 1 FTE.

===== Competitive Analysis =====
There isn't one application out there that does all of these functions.

===== The Team =====
Someone that knows the existing systems and can migrate them to the unified architecture.

===== Risk Analysis =====
It's a lot of work and I'll be preforming the work on my free time.

===== Summary =====
A unified architecture for the media applications.  This architecture will make it easier for one to manager the system.