MediaPlay pairs seamlessly with the Belkin router's built-in media server function that turns any USB storage device into a network storage device.

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WiFi music server and gapless playback function will be available at a later date TBA via firmware upgrading.

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For example, if the cloud detects that the client has high-end graphics, it can let the client do some rendering, transmitting abbreviated math that describes the function to be rendered, rather than forcing the server end to do the work centrally and ship lots of pixel values down the line.

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