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Overview

RDK-V IP provides a common method to manage video playback functions. The IP client device interface receives video content from an in-home media gateway device or from an external media server. RDK accelerates the deployment of next-gen video products and services and simplifies the customization of the application and user interface.

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Features

RDK is a community-based project that allows developers, vendors and cable operators to use a defined stack of software on one layer in order to provision set-top boxes and gateways. Unique features of RDK such as commitment to open source, speed and flexibility of RDK-based devices makes it stand out from the conventional settop software stacks.

The RDK‐V standardized stack provides a common method to manage complex video and management functions such as rendering, content, content security, device management, networking, & peripherals.

The RDK‐V Feature List is categorized by the below functions, Enhancements and new features are developed and contributed asynchronously by members of the RDK Community.

Feature

Description

Supported by

IP

IP/

Hybrid

Hybrid/

TV

TV	Dependency (If any)
Conditional Access	DRM	PlayReady 2.5 integration	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		CDMi with PlayReady 2.5 integration EME v1	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		CDMi with Widevine v14 integration	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Device Security	Input sanitization	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1l	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Upgrade to NTP 4.2.8.p11	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Disable USB Input HID Device	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
		Run applications in a secure container	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Secure bootloader	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Content Related	Adaptive Bit Rate	HLS (HLS v3 and HLS v4)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		MPEG-DASH	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		HTML-5 Video (MSE/ESE)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		MPEG-DASH (Native)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Audio Output Formats	Stereo	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Dolby Digital	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Dolby ATMOS	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Dolby Digital Plus (7.1 Channels)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Split HDMI and SPDIF audio outputs

A-check

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Bit stream Pass-through	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Dolby MS12	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Audio Tracks	SAP, DVS	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Codecs	MPEG2, H.264, VP8	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) (H.265/MPEG-H Part 10)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	HDR 10 Bit (HEVC HLS) for IP settop	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Captions	608, 708	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Delivery	Broadcast, Video on Demand	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Switched Digital Video	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Video over Wi-Fi Ready	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Secondary Audio Output to Bluetooth devices	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	IP Multiroom Music Playback (STB to Speakers)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV

CHECK

Rendering

DVB	Broadcast DVB support	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
DVB	Teletext, Subtitles	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
UHD/4K	RDKServices for 4K and HDR capability information across devices	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Content Delivery	Video Input Formats	MPEG2, H.264, VP8	TV,IP STB
	Video Output Resolutions	480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 4k	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		Ultra HD/4K, Advanced High Dynamic Range (HDR)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
		Dolby Vision Advanced HDR for VOD	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
		HDR 10	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Video Over WiFi	UPnP	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	VOD	QAM VOD, IP VOD	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Ad Insertion	Ad Insertion	Client Side Ad Insertion (Linear Segmented Advertisement)	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Ad Insertion	Server side Ad Insertion	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Ad Insertion – Linear Segmented Advertising	LSA support for ad content read failure	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Ad Insertion – Linear Segmented Advertising	LSA support for back-to-back ads	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	IP DAI	Handle DASH IP VOD Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) Transitions	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency

Advertising Impressions/ Ad WatermarkingMonitor primary tuner for ETV Ad Data, report upstreamA-CheckCloud Dependency

APIs	RDKServices	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	App Framework	AAMP / RDK MediaPlayer integration	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
		AAMP Buffer health monitoring	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV

AAMP support for VTT caption tracks


	Lightning	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Firebolt ® SDK download from USB	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Application manager	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Firebolt ®	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV

Use westerossink by default to improve video quality


	Browser Engine	QT WebKit	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Browser Engine	WebKit Pure Embedded integration	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Connection Security	SSL/TLS	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Graphics	OpenGL ES	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Plugins	WebRTC	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Rendering	Westeros Wayland Based Compositor	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	WPE WebKit	WPE	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Device Management	Bluetooth Audio	Optimize Bluetooth Discovery & Pairing	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Build	Yocto 3.1 Dunfell	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Download	TFTP (CDL), HTTP

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Download Enhancements (% download, Log timestamps)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Feature Control	Securing RFC parameters via encryption

AA-Check

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Firmware Download Enhancements	Omit IP Address From Xconf Firmware Download Request

AImage CompressionBrotli Firmware Image Compression

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Initialization & Resets	Remote Reboot, Warehouse Reset, Factory Reset

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Detect & log absence of RF signal within 30s of boot (Thermo)

H

Hybrid STB
	Boot Time Optimization (Phase 1) –Approx 5% reduction in Boot Time

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Boot Time Optimization (Phase 2) – 20% reduction in Boot Time

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Local Diagnostics	HTML Diagnostics

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Tuner Reservation Diagnostics

H

Hybrid STB
	Front Panel LED

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Logging	TFTP Log Upload, HTTP Log Upload

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Distribute (smear) logging uploads (dependent on XCONF Server)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Memory Optimization	Use Flash/SD Card for Firmware Download Temporary Storage (CDL scratchpad)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	MoCa 2.0	Supports MoCa 2.0 diagnostics

H

Hybrid STB	Device Dependency
	Platform Enhancements	Common WiFi HAL for RDK Video

ASuspends time shift buffer on transitions to new contentCheckUniform flash mounting services for Video devicesCheck

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Converge to GCC V6.4 for all Yocto versions

A-check versionDevice Dependency


IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency

Dynamic DNS : Standardization based on broadband-forum

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Power	Standby, Light Sleep

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Deep Sleep on IP Clients

Check

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Power Save	Supports ability to enable HDMI port while in standby mode

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Remote Management	TR-069, TR-135

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	WebPA (IP Clients)	IP STB
	ssh (secure shell into the device)/ reverse ssh (send trigger to have device initiate ssh)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	CD
	Feature Control (Remotely enable/ disable individual features on devices without new code deployment)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
	Resource Optimization	Improved handling of app termination/suspension conditions (based on available memory rather than concurrency)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Revenant	Persistent WiFi Enable/Disable

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Security	Intrusion Detection

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Self Healing	Supports hardware self test

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Thermal Monitoring and Shutdown

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	Self Test

Self Test AppA-CDevice Dependency,Comcast D

Hardware Self Test via WebPA

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
	Telemetry	TR-181 Object Telemetry

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Cloud Dependency
		IP Video Telemetry

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	WiFi Band

& AP Steering

Configurable WiFi Roaming SettingsCheck

Dual Band WiFi

Check

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Networking	LAN IP	Auto IP, DHCP, Dual Virtual

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	eSTB IPv4

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
	IPv6 for IP clients

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Wi-Fi

Onboard/Recovery SSID (Lost+Found) ReadyA-checkDevice Dependency,Device Dependency

WPA Enterprise (IP settop to use Wi-Fi 802.1x authentication) Ready

Check

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Ports/Peripherals	Audio Output Ports	HDMI, SPDIF, Composite Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Bluetooth Audio Output Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
HDMI	HDMI Out, HDCP Enforcement,

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) Power Sync

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
HDMI Switching (Combine CEC and HDMI Input features to enable advanced switching)

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
USB	WebRTC Camera Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
USB Port Detection and Control Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
USB Camera Support Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
WebRTC HW acceleration for encode/decode to enhance performance

ACHECK

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
USB Filesystem Support

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
USB Hot-plug

ACHECK

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
User Input	IR Remote

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
BLE Remote

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
RF Remote

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Voice Remote (RF4CE based) Ready

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device and Cloud Dependency
Video Output Ports	HDMI, Component, Composite

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Apps	Premium Apps	Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Prime

A

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV	Device Dependency
Lightning/HTML Apps

A

	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Appstore

A

	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Voice support	Voice enabled Bluetooth remote

All

	IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV
Voice Assistant

All

IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV

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IP

Architecture

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Hardware Porting Guide

If you are a SoC or OEM trying to get RDK-V IP running on your device/platform, please refer the following hardware Porting guide

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Hardware Deployment Guide

If you are an Operator/CE manufacture trying to make an RDK-V IP deployment-ready, please refer the following deployment guide

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Available Devices

For details of available SoC reference platforms, White labeled boards and Accelerator devices with RDK-V IP ported on them, please follow the below link

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User Interface

To know about the details of RDK-V IP User Interface(UI) and how to integrate UI on your device/platform, please follow the below RDK-V IP UI link

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