One solution for extension of the system for recording multimedial content on Android based devices

Abstract

In the last ten years mass transition from analog to digital television led to great advancements in the development of set-top box devices and smart TVs. Parallel to this advancement the influence of Android grew and it very quickly became one of the most commonly used systems on these devices. Since the appearance of first set-top box devices their core functionalities were reproduction and recording of TV content. Android supports reproduction and recording of MPEG-4, WebM and 3GP formats and only reproduction of MPEG-TS format, which is the most abundant format in the area of digital television — it is used for terrestrial, cable and satellite transmission. The goal of this paper is the extension of the system for recording multimedial content inside of Android, so that recording of MPEG-TS would be supported as well.