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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.
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.
Category | Feature | Description | Supported by IP/Hybrid/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 | 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 | ||||
| DVB | Broadcast DVB support | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Rendering | 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Browser Engine | QT WebKit | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| 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 | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Download Enhancements (% download, Log timestamps) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Feature Control | Securing RFC parameters via encryption | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Firmware Download Enhancements | Omit IP Address From Xconf Firmware Download Request | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Initialization & Resets | Remote Reboot, Warehouse Reset, Factory Reset | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Cloud Dependency | ||
| Detect & log absence of RF signal within 30s of boot (Thermo) | Hybrid STB | ||||
| Boot Time Optimization (Phase 1) –Approx 5% reduction in Boot Time | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Boot Time Optimization (Phase 2) – 20% reduction in Boot Time | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Local Diagnostics | HTML Diagnostics | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Tuner Reservation Diagnostics | Hybrid STB | ||||
| Front Panel LED | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Logging | TFTP Log Upload, HTTP Log Upload | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Cloud Dependency | ||
| Distribute (smear) logging uploads (dependent on XCONF Server) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Cloud Dependency | |||
| Memory Optimization | Use Flash/SD Card for Firmware Download Temporary Storage (CDL scratchpad) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| MoCa 2.0 | Supports MoCa 2.0 diagnostics | Hybrid STB | Device Dependency | ||
| Platform Enhancements | Common WiFi HAL for RDK Video | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| Converge to GCC V6.4 for all Yocto versions | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| Dynamic DNS : Standardization based on broadband-forum | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Power | Standby, Light Sleep | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Deep Sleep on IP Clients | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| Power Save | Supports ability to enable HDMI port while in standby mode | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Remote Management | TR-069, TR-135 | 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) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | CD | |||
| Feature Control (Remotely enable/ disable individual features on devices without new code deployment) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Cloud Dependency | |||
| Resource Optimization | Improved handling of app termination/suspension conditions (based on available memory rather than concurrency) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Revenant | Persistent WiFi Enable/Disable | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Security | Intrusion Detection | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Self Healing | Supports hardware self test | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| Thermal Monitoring and Shutdown | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Self Test | Hardware Self Test via WebPA | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| Telemetry | TR-181 Object Telemetry | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Cloud Dependency | ||
| IP Video Telemetry | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| WiFi Band | Dual Band WiFi | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Networking | LAN IP | Auto IP, DHCP, Dual Virtual | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||
| eSTB IPv4 | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| IPv6 for IP clients | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Wi-Fi | WPA Enterprise (IP settop to use Wi-Fi 802.1x authentication) Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| Ports/Peripherals | Audio Output Ports | HDMI, SPDIF, Composite Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |
| Bluetooth Audio Output Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| HDMI | HDMI Out, HDCP Enforcement, | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) Power Sync | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| HDMI Switching (Combine CEC and HDMI Input features to enable advanced switching) | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| USB | WebRTC Camera Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | ||
| USB Port Detection and Control Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| USB Camera Support Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| WebRTC HW acceleration for encode/decode to enhance performance | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| USB Filesystem Support | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | CHECK | |||
| USB Hot-plug | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | CHECK | |||
| User Input | IR Remote | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| BLE Remote | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| RF Remote | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |||
| Voice Remote (RF4CE based) Ready | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device and Cloud Dependency | |||
| Video Output Ports | HDMI, Component, Composite | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Apps | Premium Apps | Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Prime | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | Device Dependency | |
| Lightning/HTML Apps | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Appstore | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | ||||
| Voice support | Voice enabled Bluetooth remote | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV | |||
| Voice Assistant | IP STB, Hybrid STB, and TV |
Architecture
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
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
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
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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