Inaris DVB Middleware
TARA Systems offers a variety of integrated solutions, core components and modular extension for DVB reception and recording, including particular features like HbbTV reception, Teletext and Subtitling. Each of our software solutions was designed for flexibility and easy integration and was tested for reliability and robustness. TARA's DVB software is suited for a wide variety of products, either as complete solution or to extend existing customer-specific software and co-exist with third-party solutions.
A Cooperative Approach
The requirements for DVB receiver products are growing constantly and with it the challenges for DVB software. The increase of complexity is driven by existing and upcoming standards, national specifics accross Europe and consumers' demands for convergence of TV, Internet and mobile applications. Instead of focussing on a impractical "one software fits all" solution, TARA Systems follows a cooperative approach. It is based on the idea, that different solutions and skills can complement each other to achieve a superior result.
- Our Inaris DVB Middleware has been prepared right from the start for an easy integration and coexistence with existing customer software and third party solutions.
- With our customers, we work in partnership and enable them, to extend our solutions independently, whenever necessary.
- We focus on what we are good at: the accurate and reliable implementation of DVB requirements accross Europe. And we team up with partners with expert knowledge in related arreas, like Internet functionality, device connectivity or content protection.
Integrated Solutions
The Inaris DVB Core is an integrated, yet flexible software stack, which enables reception of DVB TV and radio services. The optional Inaris PVR Extension enhances the Inaris DVB Core with DVB recording functionality. For a description of supported features and an architecural overview, please click the corresponding brick.
Stand-alone Components
The HbbTV Receiver, Teletext Decoder and DVB Subtitle Decoder are stand-alone components, which are equipped with an own API, automated unit test and documentation for an easy start-up. They can be integrated with existing customer software as well as with TARA's Inaris DVB Core.
Solutions of our Partners
TARA's Inaris DVB middleware has been prepared for an easy and seamless integration with suitable solutions from partners for typical Set-Top Box (STB) / TV features beyond basic DVB functionality. See page + TV Extensions for solutions for MHEG-5, CI & CI+ and page + Connectivity for HTML browsers, GUI widgets and UPnP/DLNA solutions.
About our Software Quality
For all its software products, TARA Systems is dedicated to achieve high software quality standards. Our goal is to make the integration and deployment of our solutions as easy and fast as possible and to provide a reliable, secure and flexible basis for our customers products. TARA's software provides the following benefits:
- Modular, flexible architecture: to enable customers, to adapt and enhance our solutions to their needs.
- Easy integration and configuration: to facilitate the deployment and minimize development costs.
- Portability due to hardware abstraction layer (Inaris HAL).
- Automated system and unit testing: to guarantee robustness, minimize maintenance costs and ensure high quality of software updates.
- Optimization for embedded platforms: to get the maximum out of cost-effective hardware.
- GUI agnostic: user interface can be created with various UI approaches. Helpful and time-saving "GUI binding classes" are available for TARA's own GUI technology "Embedded Wizard".