LiquidHD Software Development Kit

LiquidHD Developer's Kit

Complete solution for integrating LiquidHD technologyinto source devices

Silicon Image offers a comprehensive LiquidHD development environment, enabling source devices to share their content and user interfaces on a LiquidHD network. LiquidHD technology is a new standard for connecting home entertainment devices. It defines a family of protocols for devices to self-configure, automatically discover one another, stream high-definition audio and video content, and share their user interfaces with displays in a pixel-accurate manner. LiquidHD technology enables manufacturers and service providers to offer solutions like multi-room DVR, video-on-demand and Internet accessibility.

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The LiquidHD Developer’s Kit provides the fastest method for enhancing source devices with LiquidHD capability. It allows developers to create innovative applications and to test and validate them on a LiquidHD network. The LiquidHD Developer’s Kit includes a LiquidHD SDK, LiquidHD micro client set-top boxes, a LiquidHD remote control, a Wireshark network analyzer and a LiquidHD Developer's Kit user manual. This toolkit enables today’s most popular set-top boxes, residential gateways, hard-disk recorders, and other consumer electronics content devices to function as servers of multi-session high-definition audio and video.

The LiquidHD SDK encapsulates all LiquidHD functionalities inside well-defined, modular and portable libraries. It provides high-level APIs and enables multi-session application development for LiquidHD. The source SDK also includes sample LiquidHD applications and a user’s guide for reference. The LiquidHD micro clients are low-cost set-top boxes that ensure connectivity between legacy TVs and the LiquidHD network. Each set-top box is a fully-compliant standalone LiquidHD client device that can efficiently communicate with the server, decode high definition content and render a pixel-accurate user interface.

The LiquidHD micro clients all support a variety of different network physical layers such as coaxial, Ethernet, power line and wireless.

Lastly, a Wireshark network analyzer with LiquidHD extensions is also included. This is the ideal tool for monitoring the traffic on the LiquidHD network and analyzing network packets.