Introduction

RDK-V IP Client is a IP based Client Set-Top-Box (STB) with RDK 4.0 features which connects directly with Network Gateways. Targets on Accelerator platforms and utilizes only open-sourced RDK components.
IPSTB profile is being able to build RDK without any RDK Licensed components.

Unused components from MediaClient

IP STB build is based from mediaclient image with out the licensed components and other components which are not required for IP streaming. Some of the components which are removed as of now are,

• storagemanager
• subtec
• dtvapp
• closedcaption
• closedcaption-hal-amlogic
• mediaframework
• mediastreamer
• rdkmediaplayer
• audiocapturemgr
• media-utils
• dvrmgr
• servicemanager
• sectionfilter-hal-amlogic
• rmfgeneric

Build Procedure

Enabled the distro(ipclient) for IPSTB as a setup environment option, so during build time we can pass this as an argument.

Build steps:           

Validation of image

• Controller UI : For connecting Controller UI, use URL: http://<machineip>:9998

• Aamp Playback:  aamp-cli http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/dash/ondemand/elephants_dream/1/client_manifest-all.mpd
• Gstreamer Playback : gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=http://rdmedia.bbc.co.uk/dash/ondemand/elephants_dream/1/client_manifest-all.mpd video-sink=westerossink 
• Playback through Youtube Application: For launching youtube from controller UI, enable cobalt plugin, youtube page will be loaded in TV UI.

• WiFi Service

• Bluetooth Service

• DRM:
    aamp-cli https://demo.unified-streaming.com/k8s/features/stable/video/tears-of-steel/tears-of-steel-dash-playready.ism/.mpd
    aamp-cli https://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/live/bigbuckbunny-enc-wv.stream/manifest_mvlist.mpd