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The RPI Feature List is categorised by the below functions, Enhancements and new features are developed and contributed asynchronously by members of the RDK Community.
Category | Feature | Description | RPI-3 | RPI-4 | Dependency (If any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content Related | Adaptive Bit Rate | HLS (HLS v3 and HLS v4) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| MPEG-DASH (gstreamer plug-in) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| HTLM-5 Video (MSE/ESE) | x | x | |||
| MPEG-DASH (Native) | x | x | |||
| Audio Input Formats | MPEG, MP3, AAC, AC3 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Audio Output Formats | Stereo | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Dolby Digital | x | x | |||
| Dolby ATMOS | x | x | |||
| Dolby Digital Plus (7.1 Channels) | x | x | |||
| Split HDMI and SPDIF audio outputs | x | x | |||
| Bit stream Pass-through | x | x | |||
| Dolby MS12 | x | x | Device Dependency | ||
| Audio Tracks | SAP, DVS | x | x | ||
| UHD/4K | Service Manager APIs for 4K and HDR capability information across devices | x | ✔ | Device Dependency | |
| Codecs | MPEG2, H.264, VP8 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) (H.265/MPEG-H Part 10) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| HDR 10 Bit (HEVC HLS) for IP settop | x | x | Device Dependency | ||
| HDR 10 4K IP VOD | x | x | Device Dependency | ||
Delivery | Broadcast, Video on Demand | x | x | ||
| Switched Digital Video | x | x | |||
| Video over Wi-Fi (XG->Xi, XG->XB/XW->Xi, XB->IP) Ready | x | x | Device Dependency | ||
| IP Multiroom Music Playback (STB to Speakers) | x | x | |||
| Content Delivery | Video Input Formats | MPEG2, H.264, VP8 | x | x | |
| Video Output Resolutions | 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Ultra HD/4K, Advanced High Dynamic Range (HDR) | ✔ | ✔ | Device Dependency | ||
| Dolby Vision Advanced HDR for VOD | ✔ | ✔ | Device Dependency | ||
| Video Over WiFi | Refactor UPnP on Xi to be compatible with XB | x | x | ||
| VOD | QAM VOD, IP VOD | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Rendering | WPE WebKit | WPE on Raspberry Pi | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Rendering | QT 5.1.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Westeros Wayland Based Compositor | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| App Framework | AAMP / RDK MediaPlayer integration on Raspberry Pi | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| AAMP Buffer health monitoring | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Sound Playback for Spark + Native Apps | x | x | |||
| Firebolt ® SDK download from USB | x | x | |||
| Optimus Prime application manager | x | x | |||
| Firebolt ® on Raspberry Pi | x | x | |||
| Browser Engine | QT WebKit 5.1.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| WebKit Pure Embedded integration | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Connection Security | SSL/TLS | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Graphics | OpenGL ES | ✔ | ✔ | DirectFB | |
| Plugins | WebRTC | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Device Management | App Launch Optimization | Migrate from system-journald to syslog-ng for improved performance (~10% reduction in CPU load) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Bluetooth Audio | Optimize Bluetooth Discovery & Pairing | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Build | Yocto 2.2 Morty on Raspberry Pi Reference Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Download | TFTP (CDL), HTTP | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Download Enhancements (% download, Log timestamps) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Feature Control | Securing RFC parameters via encryption | x | x | ||
| Firmware Download Enhancements | Omit IP Address From Xconf Firmware Download Request | x | x | ||
| Image Compression | Brotli Firmware Image Compression | x | x | ||
| Implementation | Converge RDK Video and RDK Broadband Messaging Bus | x | x | ||
| Initialization & Resets | Remote Reboot, Warehouse Reset, Factory Reset | x | x | Cloud Dependency | |
| Detect & log absence of RF signal within 30s of boot (Thermo) | x | x | |||
| Boot Time Optimization (Phase 1) –Approx 5% reduction in Boot Time | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Boot Time Optimization (Phase 2) – 20% reduction in Boot Time | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Kernel | Linux 4.14 on Raspberry Pi Reference Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Local Diagnostics | HTML Diagnostics | ||||
| Tuner Reservation Diagnostics | |||||
| Front Panel LED | |||||
| Logging | TFTP Log Upload, HTTP Log Upload | Cloud Dependency | |||
| Distribute (smear) logging uploads (dependent on XCONF Server) | Cloud Dependency | ||||
| Memory Optimization | Use Flash/SD Card for Firmware Download Temporary Storage (CDL scratchpad) | Device Dependency | |||
| Platform Enhancements | Common WiFi HAL for RDK Video | Device Dependency | |||
| Converge to GCC V6.4 for all Yocto versions | Device Dependency | ||||
| Uniform flash mounting services for Video devices | |||||
| Power | Standby, Light Sleep | ||||
| Deep Sleep on IP Clients | Device Dependency | ||||
| Remote Management | ssh (secure shell into the device)/ reverse ssh (send trigger to have device initiate ssh) | ||||
| Resource Optimization | Improved handling of app termination/suspension conditions (based on available memory rather than concurrency) | ||||
| Revenant | Persistent WiFi Enable/Disable | ||||
| Security | Intrusion Detection | ||||
| Self Healing | Supports hardware self test | Device Dependency | |||
| Thermal Monitoring and Shutdown | |||||
| Self Test | Self Test App | Device Dependency | |||
| Hardware Self Test via WebPA | Device Dependency | ||||
| Telemetry | TR-181 Object Telemetry | Cloud Dependency | |||
| IP Video Telemetry | |||||
| Tools | DOCSIS Spectrum Analyzer | ||||
| WiFi Band & AP Steering | Configurable WiFi Roaming Settings | ||||
| Dual Band WiFi | |||||
| Networking | DLNA | VidiPath (DNLA CVP-2) | |||
| IP Direct | IP Direct support on DOCSIS devices | ||||
| LAN IP | Auto IP, DHCP, Dual Virtual | ||||
| WAN IP | eCM IPv4/IPv6, eSTB IPv4 | ||||
| IPv6 for IP clients | |||||
| Wi-Fi | Onboard/Recovery SSID (Lost+Found) Ready | Device Dependency | |||
| WPA Enterprise (IP settop to use Wi-Fi 802.1x authentication) Ready | Device Dependency | ||||
| Ports/Peripherals | Audio Output Ports | HDMI, SPDIF, Composite Ready | Device Dependency | ||
| Bluetooth Audio Output Ready | Device Dependency | ||||
| HDMI | HDMI Out, HDCP Enforcement, HDMI In | ||||
| HDMI Switching (Combine CEC and HDMI Input features to enable advanced switching) | |||||
| USB | USB Port Detection and Control Ready | Device Dependency | |||
| USB Camera Support Ready | Device Dependency | ||||
| User Input | IR Remote | ||||
| Video Output Ports | HDMI, Component, Composite |
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