I recently started working for Simplestream on their next generation TV UI. Simplestream provide TV solutions for just about every platform and TV or Set Top Box device you can think of – including a turnkey solution for ingest, encoding and management of monetisation models.
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YouView – Smart TV UI
YouView is a Smart TV service in the UK, which runs on Set Top Boxes and Smart TVs. I worked on the original UI for years and thought I’d share some insights into best practices for building applications on such resource constrained devices.
Sneaky tricks for developing on small devices: ‘Bitmap Folding’
One of the most problematic constraints when developing applications for resource constrained devices, such as mobile or Set Top Box is ‘video memory’.
You often will not have control over how much video memory is allocated to your application, or what the fallback behaviour is when your application uses too much. Continue reading Sneaky tricks for developing on small devices: ‘Bitmap Folding’