How can device makers bring Internet video and music services to their connected televisions?
With NthPlayer's WebApps, that's how.
What are WebApps? WebApps are client-side applications built with HTML5 web technologies. WebApps can be preinstalled in devices running NthPlayer, or downloaded from the Internet using NthPlayer's browser.
Once installed, consumers can launch a media guide or other application from a menu of installed WebApps. The WebApp then presents a rich and powerful interface from which the user can stream audio or full-screen video using NthPlayer's powerful media engine.
NthPlayer's WebApp support follows the HTML5 Widgets Family of Specifications, where each WebApp is distributed in a ZIP file containing HTML, CSS, JavaScript along with an XML configuration file defining the WebApps's title, launcher icon, width, height, and other properties.
While on screen, the WebApp receives remote-control input, has full access to WebKit's powerful and mature HTML/CSS presentation layer and JavaScript engine (including HTML5 canvas and full AJAX support), and can call to NthPlayer's media engine to stream just about any format imaginable.
And best of all, because WebApps are based on open web technologies, web developers and designers can start building powerful applications for NthPlayer devices -- or any device supporting HTML5 Widgets -- by reusing existing web software and design assets, rather than wasting time learning platform-specific software development kits.
Consumers can quickly launch the WebApp of their choice from anywhere inside NthPlayer by pressing the menu button and selecting Applications from the menu bar. So "switching channels" to a new content guide or other application is fast and easy.
And because consumers can install WebApps from NthPlayer's browser, a side-loaded USB disk, or even from within other WebApps, it's easy for them to keep their device up to date with the latest WebApps as they become available.
Finally, because WebApps can be installed from anywhere, consumers know that they're not buying a closed media player, they're buying an extensible Internet-media platform, open to a world of possibilities.
NthPlayer's WebApp support is based on the HTML5 Widgets Family of Specifications, an open standard supported by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). We are tracking changes to the HTML5 Widgets specifications as they work their way though the W3C's approval process.
WebApps run inside NthPlayer's WebApp Engine, which is based on the mature and open-source WebKit browser core. Webkit is one of the most powerful browser engines available today, and has already shipped in the 10's of millions of units in both desktop and mobile devices.
With NthPlayer's WebApps, device manufacturers and content creators can rest easy knowing that they are investing their valuable time and money in an open, industry-standard solution to the problem of how to extend Internet services to connected home electronics.
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