PC DVD player software and codec specialist InterVideo is demonstrating a hardware/software digital video player reference design targeting mobile devices, at 3GSM in Barcelona. The company's iMobi design runs embedded Linux, and includes technology that can bring live digital TV to mobile phones, PDAs, and media players with Texas Instruments DSPs, the company says.

InterVideo describes its iMobi design as a “total hardware and software solution for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), ODMs (original design/device manufacturers), and brand vendors.” The design is based on a Texas Instruments DM320 DSP (digital signal processor), and includes a hardware reference design, Linux kernel, drivers, GUI, multimedia audio/video recording and playback software, and Java gaming environment. The design supports WiFi networking, as well as CompactFlash (CFIO) and SDIO (secure digital I/O) peripherals, the company says.

Additionally, the iMobi design is available with codecs for DVB-H (digital video broadcasting, handheld), 1-Seg DTV (Japanese digital terrestrial broadcast standard), and T-DMB (terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting).

Along with its iMobi suite, InterVideo says it is demonstrating mobile phones, PDAs, and EVM (error vector magnitude) design boards that use its iMobi technology.

InterVideo is best-known for its WinDVD/LinDVD multimedia playing and recording software, which is widely bundled by PC integrators. The company also markets an embedded Linux multimedia OS environment aimed at turning PCs and laptops into fast-booting multimedia environments, and has supplied codecs to China MobileSoft, a Linux mobile phone software specialist acquired last year by PalmSource (which was subsequently acquired by Access).

 
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