Tizen TV VOD Reference Application

Introduction

This project has been conceived as a demo / reference for developers / QA engineers building own Video On Demand streaming application. Provided implemmentation works for Tizen TV units produced on year 2017 and newer. The major contemporary web browsers (Chrome, Edge) are also supported. Source code in this repository is open and can be included in the software products under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. The copy of MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

The repository contains source code compatibile with video players utilizing MSE/EME API. It is independent on Tizen native streaming API. The TV Web Engine assures separation for the app.

See the list of currently supported web players:

• Shaka Player
• Bitmovin
• dash.js
• hls.js

The diagram below explains system components relations and internal communication flow:

Please, before going forward be familiar with the 'Setup instructions' section.

Run with web browser

• Start development web server:

  npm run serve:dev
  

  There's also a short alias for this script npm run start.

• Open application in browser using URL:

  http://localhost:8081/
  

  When testing DRM content assure browser support:

  DRM	Edge	Firefox	Chrome
  PlayReady	✔️	❌	❌
  Widevine	✔️	✔️	✔️

Run with Tizen TV device

• Connect to Tizen TV Device using sdb

  tizen-studio\tools> .\sdb.exe connect 192.168.100.102
  * Server is not running. Start it now on port 26099 *
  * Server has started successfully *
  connecting to 192.168.100.102:26101 ...
  connected to 192.168.100.102:26101
  \tizen-studio\tools>

  or Device Manager

• Bundle, packge, install and run application on target device:

  npm run target:run:dev
  

Further reading

• Setup instructions
• Add custom content without web application rebuild
• The 3^rd party player version
• The npm scripts
• The device-configuration.json
• The application.json
• Known issues