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S-Box mediacenters (except S3xx, S400) with fw Linux-Qt 5.0.x or newer support rendering Web-portals on Chromium engine ( API=“blink”). Current Chromium 77 is used.
Features compared to “tvip” and “html5” web portal API:
Chromium engine support the following codecs:
Tag <video> is used for video playback.
MP4 container is directly supported.
Adaptive streaming (HLS, MPEG-DASH) can be played by various JavaScript players with MSE (Media Source Extentions).
Mediacenters can access DRM protected content over EME (Encrypted Media Extentions) standard. Currently Widevine L3 DRM is supported. DRM playback was tested with Shaka Player.
Returns model of mediacenter. For example, s605.
Returns MAC-address of mediacenter (usually, Ethernet MAC-address).
Returns firmware version of mediacenter.
Returns current language code ('en', 'ru').
To exit the app, use JavaScript window.close(); method.