Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Ocean Blue | Subject: Linux versions of Sunrise, Voyager and SurfSoft
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 21 March 2007
Linux versions of
software for set-top boxes
A specialist digital TV software developer has released Linux versions of its software for developers of set-top boxes, with ports to the leading hardware platforms complete or well under way
Ocean Blue Software, a specialist digital TV software developer, has released Linux versions of its Sunrise, Voyager, and SurfSoft software products, with ports to the leading hardware platforms complete or well under way. The company reports that Linux is emerging as the preferred platform for developers of set-top boxes (STBs), particularly at the high end, such as digital video recorders (DVRs) and IPTV.
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Recently introduced Linux versions of the company's software include MHEG-5 (for Freeview ' Press red' functionality), support for the multipurpose NXP Nexperia chipsets and Toshiba's 'Donau' system-on-chip (SoC).
'The major chipset manufacturers are introducing new Linux platforms almost monthly', says Ken Helps, Managing Director of Ocean Blue Software.
'IT vendors that wish to produce products for the Digital Home and are used to working with Linux in the past, now have the option of using Linux based DVB and MHEG-5 Digital TV software products'.
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'The Linux operating system features in many of the new raft of IPTV Set Top Boxes, being powerful enough to support advanced functions but not requiring a license fee'.
'All the industry reports indicate strong growth in this area and we are developing our software to support most platforms'.
NXP's (formally Philips Semiconductor's) Nexperia range of chipsets support home entertainment products, audio description and the latest AV codecs (H.264, WM9), creating an advanced platform for building IP STBs and dual-function STB products.
Codenamed 'Donau', Toshiba's high performance system-on-chip (SoC) devices simplify the design and dramatically reduce time to market.
The platforms combine Toshiba's Media embedded Processor (MeP) architecture with a 64bit embedded RISC host processor to create multimedia SoCs with compute performances of up to 650MIPS (at 180MHz).
These combined hardware and software products with advanced features will allow development of IP STBs for the digital home with technology features such as: video telephony, picture improvements, broadband TV, time-shift recording, support for Freeview channels, DVD playback, storage, personal video recording, network connectivity, and even voice over IP(VoiP).
Ocean Blue is also providing product developed to the Freeview Playback PVR standard and the European Accessibility Project.
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