Intervideo is demonstrating mobile digital TV (DTV) technology that supports Linux devices this week, at Computex in Taipei. The company says its iMobi DTV technology enables device manufacturers to add mobile TV capabilities tomobile phones, PDAs, automobile entertainment systems, portable media players, and other devices.

Intervideo, well known for its multimedia and audio/video software for PCs and consumer electronics devices, claims to be the first company to offer mobile DTV technology that complies with worldwide standards such as 1-Seg DTV, T-DMB, DVB-H, and DAB-IP.

The company describes iMobi as a “complete” set of mobile DTV hardware/software technology that includes TV tuner control, a network protocol stack, error resilience, a de-multiplexer, video and audio codecs, an ESG (electronic program guide) parser, and a TV viewer program. The technology can either be supplied in the form of a hardware/software reference design, or it can offered as a finished application, the company says. Applications, libraries, sample application code, and documentation are included.

Key features of the iMobi technology package, according to Intervideo, include:

• Mobile DTV support: DVB-H, 1-Seg DTV, T-DMB, and DVB-T
• Game console support
• Video playback
• Audio playback
• Slideshow support
• Composite out
• SD/MMC card Support

At Computex, InterVideo will demonstrate iMobi DTV running on the following hardware platforms:

• TI OMAP2430 with Samsung S3C4F10
• TI DM320 with Samsung S3C4F10
• Intel PXA272 with DiBcom
• Intel PXA270 with AVerMedia
• Intel PXA270 with Siano SMS1000
• ST with Siano SMS 1000

iMobi currently supports TI DM and OMAP, Intel XScale, Samsung, and ST processors. Supported operating systems include Linux, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, and Nucleus.

InterVideo says its iMobi multimedia codec technologies are widely deployed in smartphones, GPS devices, and portable entertainment devices.

“What makes this turnkey solution particularly attractive to our valued OEM customers is that InterVideo has completed both the hardware and software design, and shares development on the customers' platform,” said Chinn Chin, Vice President of Engineering at InterVideo.

 
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