Dilithium Adds Streaming Support for Android

Dilithium, which specialises in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, has announced the availability of live video and Video On Demand (VOD) streaming support for Android handsets, utilizing the Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA). The DCA solution is an infrastructure offering that can be deployed by operators and service providers, enabling their customers to access live or on demand video content through the standard players and browser of most handsets, including the iPhone.
The DCA software solution supports live and pre-recorded clips in a wide range of video formats. DCA performs on the fly and on-demand transport, media format, codec and bitrate adaptation. Users of the Android-based T-Mobile G1 handset can enjoy live and video-on-demand streaming without the need to install a dedicated application, either on wi-fi, WiMax, 3G or 3.5G (HSDPA) networks.
DCA patent-pending technologies and architecture allow smart transcoding, transrating and trans-sizing on the fly. The solutio supports a wide range of phones and devices through RTSP, HTTP (including progressive download), and MPEG2/H.264 TS. It also supports codecs such as, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, MPEG2, MJPEG, and popular audio codecs. The DCA features a high level API that offers easy integration in operator and service provider frameworks and workflows. Dilithium adds that DCA has an advanced built-in caching feature, allowing significant reduction in unnecessary adaptation while providing support for ad-insertion.