Broadcast Media Player Refernce Design by Tata Elxsi Limited

SW Design Services or Consulting

Product Description

Tata Elxsi has designed and developed a "Media Player software/firmware stack" on Linux platform. The framework has been designed considering "portability, memory constraints, scalability and robustness requirement" for portable consumer devices. The framework showcases stunning high resolution video performance and high fidelity audio performance driven by codec IP's from Tata Elxsi. Audio/Video IP's from Tata Elxsi meet stringent performance and quality requirements of different end users and are integrated to the framework.

It allows for TV programs on the go with the integration of digital broadcast standards like DVB-H (Ongoing Test Phase).

Audio/Video Engine:
• Video : H.264, MPEG4 ASP/SP, MPEG2*, WMV9*
• Audio : MP3, AAC/ HE-AAC, WMA*
• Image : JPEG

File Formats
• AVI, ASF, 3GP

RAW Formats
• MP3, AAC, WM*

Key Features:

• Movie player
• Photo Viewer
• Movie Recorder*
• Music Player with equalizer
• ID3 tag support for Audio
• Mass storage device support
• Popular Audio and Video File formats / Decoders are supported
and tested on this framework
• Allows new feature addition like DVB-H reception or any other
streaming protocol integration
• User interface management module of the framework is easily
customizable to the look and feel required by the customer
• Tested and optimized in stringent use-case scenarios

Operating System: Embedded Linux

Hardware: This Framework is ported on the following platforms

1. i.MX31 (ARM1136J-S Based Core)
2. DaVinci (ARM926EJ-S and TI DSP C64+)

Framework Advantages:

• Modular Design for Feature Enhancement
• Layered reference design with clear abstraction layers.
• This framework is customizable as per client’s requirements
i.e. it can be ported onto any client specified hardware and
features can be added and deleted to create a unique solution.
• Faster time to market
• Reduced BOM

CASE STUDY: PMP product enabled by the framework

• Store digital images
• View digital images
• Listen to music
• Play movies

Tata Elxsi Audio/Video Solution:

Audio Solution: MP3, MPEG-4 AAC components development, Porting and integration.
Video Solution: MPEG4, JPEG, Motion JPEG

Key features of the PMP enabled by Tata Elxsi framework:

• Playback of movies & music from mass storage media (Hard Disk Drive or SD Card)
• Content Management through USB
• Recording Analog TV input to mass storage
• UWB connectivity
• Expansion for non-mobile Television
• Media Supported
• H.264 and MP3 /AAC HE
• MPEG4 ASP and MP3/AAC-HE
• Supported file formats - .3GP,MP4, .ASF, .AVI
• ID3 tag support for Audio
• Interface Support to digital broadcast standard like DVB-H

Tata Elxsi Developed Features
• Play
• Pause
• Stop
• Fast forward
• Fast Rewind
• Slide Show
• BGM
• Slide Show effects
• Thumbnail display
• Zoom IN/OUT
• Rotation of the images

Broadcast Media Player Refernce Design

Market Segment(s)

• General Purpose Products/Services

Target Platform(s)

• Linux

ARM Processor(s)

• ARM926EJ-S
• ARM1136J-S
• Cortex-A53
• Cortex-A57
• ARMv8

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