25 April 2008

On2 Technologies Teams With Monsoon On TV Apps For Handsets

On2 Technologies, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has confirmed that it has licensed its Hantro 4100 video decoder and 2600 Enhanced aacPlus audio decoder to Monsoon Multimedia, a digital video solutions provider.

By integrating the optimized decoders to its mobile player, Monsoon is looking to bring higher performance and longer playback time to customers watching TV on their handsets using its HAVA ) place-shifting solutions.

"Place-shifting TV to mobile handsets is a excellent example of the kind of desktop-mobile convergent video applications that our technologies make possible," explained Bill Joll, President and CEO of On2 Technologies. "Migrating applications from PC to mobile brings unique challenges with respect to meeting the performance needed for compelling usability. Our ready optimized technologies, designed for mobile from day one, offer the fastest and most cost effective route for companies to launch new video applications in handsets."

The On2 Hantro 4100 is a highly optimized MPEG-4 software video decoder designed for wireless devices. Capable of CIF (352x288) resolution at 30 frames per second in only 76MHz on ARM11 processors, the high-efficiency decoder brings improved video performance to handsets with lower powered CPUs, the company explained.

The Hantro 2600 aacPlus audio codec offers near CD-quality stereo sound at 32kbps and has built in error concealment for mobile applications. Monsoon HAVA solutions enable high-quality MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 streaming and recording of video content from any video source, including live TV from set top boxes, DVD players and TiVo, to multiple PCs in a home or business. Users can also connect to the HAVA using an Internet-connected PC or mobile phone.