Re: egBox - a prototype HTML5 based set top box

Very cool! This is a great use of WebM. What kind of hardware is it running
on?

--JL



On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com
> wrote:

> That's really interesting - all done with open source technologies.
> I'm curious if you have a demo somewhere or at least a demo video of it?
> What did you think about the quality of experience?
>
> Silvia.
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Olivier Thereaux
> <Olivier.Thereaux@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My team at the BBC just shared information on a recent project aiming to
> build a (physical) TV prototyping platform using HTML5 and open standards.
> >
> > The project is called egBox and you can read about it here:
> >
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2013/07/the-egbox-html5-television-prototype
> >
> > The project will explore a number of topics relevant to this group, such
> as tuner control within an HTML5 application layer, synchronization of
> applications and media stream, and so on.
> >
> > I am certain this is not the only such effort - I'd encourage you to
> share other similar project you may know of or be involved in.
> >
> > Best,
> > --
> > Olivier
> >
> >
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