PV is a founding member of the

Open Handset Alliance™ through the

contribution of OpenCORE. Together
we have developed the Android
platform, the first open and complete
mobile phone software stack.

Android­—
Collaborative Development

Android is a complete software platform for

a mobile phone. Android spurs mobile device
development by empowering developers
to create compelling mobile applications.
Android applications can call upon the
phone’s basic functionality, enabling richer
and more cohesive experiences for users.
Android is built on the open Linux kernel.

“Collaborative development has always been a

OpenCORE­—
positive force in the mobile industry. We chose
Android’s Media Subsystem
to be a part of the Open Handset Alliance to
stimulate the development of mobile media devices.
OpenCORE, based on PV’s CORE™
Entertainment should extend to where the customer
framework, provides essential media
wants it and increasingly that’s outside the home.”
features for device development. This
includes software that enables playing and
—James Brailean, Ph.D.
President, CEO & Co-Founder, PacketVideo
streaming standard formats, communication,
and recording of images and video. With
OpenCORE, developers can build devices
that support music applications, video creation
and playback, video telephony, podcast
services, real-time streaming and more.
Because OpenCORE builds on the foundation
of CORE, you can differentiate your offerings
with additional feature packs.

Founding member of the

OpenCORE includes:
• Video and image encoders and decoders:
• PV’s multimedia platform, including interfaces for MPEG-4, H.263 and AVC (H.264), JPEG
third-party and hardware media codecs, input and
• Speech codecs: AMR-NB and AMR-WB
output devices and content policies
• Audio codecs: MP3, AAC, AAC+
• Media playback, streaming, downloading and
• Media recording: 3GPP, MPEG-4 and JPEG
progressive playback—including 3GPP, MPEG-4,
• Video telephony based on 324-M standard
AAC and MP3 containers
• PV test framework to ensure robustness and stability;
• Media streaming, downloading and progressive
profiling tools for memory and CPU usage
playback—including 3GPP, HTTP and RTSP/RTP
• Support for Khronos OpenMAX™ specification

To accelerate time to market with additional features, data formats and integrations, ask us about CORE,
PV’s comprehensive multimedia framework that now powers hundreds of millions of handsets. CORE
enables mobile operators and device manufacturers to quickly launch full-featured multimedia services.

Android Application Layer

Data Formats
Download Streaming Parser
OpenCORE 3GPP 3GPP 3GPP
HTTP AAC
Content Policy Manager AMR
2-Way Composer MP3
3G324M 3GPP MPEG-4
Multimedia Engines CS VTC WAV
Player, Author and 2-Way H.223 Xvid
Video Codecs H.245
AVC Data Formats
H.263
MPEG-4
Video Codecs Audio Codecs
Audio Codecs
Image Codec AAC
JPEG
Linux Interface AMR (NB, WB)
HE-AAC
HE-AACV2
MP3

Linux Operating System

The Android SDK is available under the Apache 2.0 open source license.

PV continues to make contributions to OpenCORE and

regularly provides new features and updates.
To learn more about OpenCORE, visit www.opencore.net.
Contact PV for more information on OpenCORE or CORE: email info@pv.com.

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