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This document introduces you to the Multimedia Hardware Adaptation Interfaces +collection.

+
Purpose

The Multimedia Hardware Adaptation Interfaces +(HAI) collection defines hardware-independent interfaces for controlling the +hardware component, such as:

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  • Mobile TV reception

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  • Video hardware

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Architectural Relationship

Symbian +provides APIs for use by hardware integrators so they can implement their +own mobile TV solutions.

The APIs are introduced with their components. +The Multimedia components DevVideo and DevSound provide APIs for handling +the media data once the raw data stream has been extracted by the Multimedia +HAI components.

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Description

The Multimedia HAI provides support +for controlling the hardware component, and handling the data streams.

The APIs provided make it possible to write +an implementation of a supported mobile TV standard that can control and manage +the incoming signals including splitting the signal into an audio, video and +information stream.

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Supported Mobile TV standards

Support +is currently provided for the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handset) transmission +standard. DVB-H is a superset of the DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcast-Terrestrial) +standard.

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Other Mobile TV standards

Other +standard mobile TV formats include:

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  • Digital Multimedia Broadcasting +(DMB)

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  • TDtv (subset of TD-CDMA)

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  • 1seg (part of ISDB-T)

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  • DAB

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  • MediaFLO

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Note: The Symbian platform does not provide any support +for these other standards at present.

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Components

The Multimedia HAI collection includes +the following:

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  • Mobile +TV DVB-H Receiver HAI

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  • Video HAI

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Mobile TV DVB-H Receiver +HAI

The Mobile +TV DVB-H Receiver HAI allows an implementation to be written for the +only (currently) supported mobile TV standard, DVB-H.

+
Video HAI

The Video +HAI defines an interface for plug-ins that provide video functionality.

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Using Multimedia HAI

Hardware integrators can write +device drivers or servers to manage the component like:

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  • Reception of mobile TV signals (currently +only DVB-H)

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  • Video

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These components expose APIs that are independent of +the underlying implementation and hardware specifics.

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+ +Mobile TV DVB-H Receiver HAI Component Overview +Video HAI +Component Overview +
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