OPEN-SOURCE MEDIA APPLICATION REFERENCE TOOLS
This online workshop, the second in the series, is organized by the DVB Project and 5G-MAG in collaboration with several other organizations. It is open to anyone with an interest in open-source reference tools for use in the context of media applications.
You can find a summary of last year’s OSMART Workshop #1 here - together with the slides that were presented.
This year’s workshop will run across two days:
Wednesday 6 December, 16:00-18:30 CET – quickfire presentations on project roadmaps and deliverables
Thursday 7 December, 16:00-18:00 CET – structured discussion to highlight synergies across the projects presented the previous day and agreement on some next steps
EVENT: OSMART WORKSHOP #2
DATE: Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th December 2023
TIME: 16:00 - 18:30 CET
LOCATION: ON-LINE
AUDIENCE: The event is open to anyone with an interest in open-source reference tools for use in the context of media applications. It is in particular targeted to the development community, researchers and academia.
Agenda
We will be gathering 5G-MAG, DASH-IF, DVB, HbbTV, MPEG and SVTA to present (1st day) and discuss (2nd day) about:
Topics and Speakers
5G Media Streaming: Driving effective collaboration between mobile media applications and mobile networks - by Richard Bradbury, BBC
Richard Bradbury is a Lead Engineer with BBC Research & Development where he investigates network and systems architectures and protocols for efficient, scalable and cost-effective delivery of media. He co-chairs the DVB working group on Multicast ABR, is a delegate to 3GPP SA4 and is an active participant in 5G-MAG, currently coordinating BBC R&D's contributions to an Open Source reference implementation of 5G Media Streaming.
5G Broadcast with the 5G-MAG Reference Tools - by Klaus Kühnhammer, Bitstem
Klaus has been involved in signal processing and multimedia streaming since 1998. He has an MA in computational and theoretical linguistics from the University of Vienna, and started his professional career creating acoustic and syntactic models for speech recognition systems at Philips, where he later was part of the team that developed the first range of IP-enabled Hi-Fi sets for multimedia streaming.
Through his company Bitstem, founded in 2007, he has created IP interfaces for analog and digital two-way radio communication, drive test systems for various broadcast and radio standards, and provides consulting and development services in the communication and infrastructure industries. Its latest product is a modulator for 5G Broadcast. Klaus has been actively progressing the 5G Broadcast ecosystem through the creation of the open-source 5G-MAG reference tools for transmission, reception and processing of 5G Broadcast signals.
XR Player and integration in 5G - by Imed Bouazizi, Qualcomm
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Imed Bouazizi received the Ph.D. degree from the RWTH Aachen University in 2004. He is a Principal Engineer with Qualcomm. He contributes to different international standardization activities, such as MPEG and 3GPP. His key research areas cover immersive multimedia formats and distribution, 5G and cloud media processing, and AI-based media processing. He received an Emmy Inventor Award for his work on 3GPP DASH in 2022..
The XR Player is a set of projects that were added to the 5G-MAG reference tools to enable the streaming and playback of 3D media over 5G networks. In this talk, we will describe the XR Player implementation and lay out the plans for upcoming features. We will also address the integration of the XR Player with the other 5G-MAG reference tools to leverage the capabilities of 5G for an optimized XR media playback.
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Updates on Joint Content Conformance Project (JCCP) - by Romain Bouqueau, MotionSpell
Romain Bouqueau is a dynamic force in the realm of video technology, open-source advocacy, and entrepreneurship. With a career spanning over two decades, he has consistently championed innovation, sustainable solutions, and has left an indelible mark on the video streaming and broadcast technology sectors.
As the founder and CEO of Motion Spell, Romain has been instrumental in bridging the gap between the renowned GPAC open-source project and its real-world applications. Under his leadership, Motion Spell has emerged as the exclusive commercial licensor of GPAC, ensuring that organizations can fully harness its vast potential.
Romain's expertise is not confined to leadership alone. He is a seasoned developer with proficiency in a myriad of programming languages, from assembly to C/C++, and has prototyped in languages like Go, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Objective-C, Java, and Rust. His contributions to open-source platforms, especially GPAC, coupled with his active roles in MPEG and W3C, showcase his unwavering commitment to advancing open standards.
His journey began in 2006 at Allegro DVT, where he honed his skills as an R&D engineer, focusing on video encoding quality and performance. By 2009, Romain was making waves at Télécom ParisTech, Europe's top engineering school, as a research engineer. Here, he collaborated on projects that further solidified his position as a sought-after talent in the industry.
DASH-IF livesim2 – a test ground for live DASH streaming - by Torbjörn Einarsson, Eyevinn Technology
Torbjörn Einarsson has a long background in video coding and transport. After leading video coding and protocol teams at Ericsson Research, he worked at the CTO offices of MobiTV and Edgeware before joining Eyevinn Technology as a consultant in January 2023. Streaming video has been a key area of his work for more than 20 years.
As part of establishing and understanding the timing complexities of DASH live streaming, Torbjörn developed the “dash-live-source-simulator” which was contributed to DASH-IF in 2015. Another much-used DASH-IF component is his “cea608.js” that is used in many players.
At the beginning of 2023, Torbjörn started a complete rewrite of the live source simulator to make it easier to use, cheaper to deploy, and make it more future proof. The result is “livesim2”.
dash.js - The open-source DASH Reference Player - by Daniel Silhavy, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Daniel Silhavy is a scientist and project manager at the business unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) of the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). He is the lead developer of the dash.js project and the development coordinator for the 5G-MAG Reference Tools.
His main area of expertise includes Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Streaming focusing on MPEG-DASH, Digital Rights Management (DRM), 5G Media Streaming and video-encoding.
Daniel is actively contributing to standardization work done in DASH-IF and CTA-WAVE. Moreover, Daniel is giving lectures at the Technical University of Berlin and is supervising Bachelor and Master theses.
As part of his work in dash.js and the 5G-MAG Reference Tools, Daniel has developed in-depth knowledge in the field of media streaming and related specifications (ISO, 3GPP, DVB, DASH-IF) and technologies, C++ programming, as well as web-based technologies and APIs such as HTML, JavaScript, node.js, MSE and EME.
Daniel has published various technical papers covering topics around ABR media delivery, 5G Broadcast, 5G Media Streaming and streaming analytics.
Topics and Speakers
Latest Updates on CTA WAVE Media Streaming Test Suite - by Louay Bassbouss, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Dr. Louay Bassbouss is a researcher and Senior Project Manager R&D in the Future Applications and Media (FAME) business unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). He works on future web applications, multimedia technologies and standards, media streaming over 5G, and technologies that enable Metaverse experiences across different devices and platforms. Louay actively participates in various standardisation groups in W3C, HbbTV and CTA. He is the co-chair of the W3C Second Screen Working and Community Groups and actively contributes to various testing activities in HbbTV and CTA WAVE. Louay is also a lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in the field of open distributed systems and advanced web technologies.
Topics and Speakers
DVB-I Reference Application: latest updates and future plans - by Juha Joki, Sofia Digital
Juha Joki has many years’ experience in DVB and HbbTV technologies. At Sofia Digital he is currently in charge of DVB broadcast products, and testing and certification services for DVB and HbbTV.
Topics and Speakers
Overview of HbbTV’s DASH-DRM Reference Application - by Bob Campbell, Resillion
Bob Campbell, Director of Engineering at Resillion is Chair of HbbTV’s Improving Interoperability Task Force which has overseen the development of this tool for HbbTV.
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Enhancing File Format Standardization: Introducing the MPEG Systems File Format Conformance Framework - by Dimitri Podborski, Apple
Dimitri Podborski graduated with a Master’s in Computer Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin in Germany in 2016. He began his career at Fraunhofer HHI in 2012, focusing on video and image compression, and worked there until 2020, learning about multimedia data storage, transport, and related standards. Dimitri joined Apple Inc. in 2020 as a Multimedia Standards Engineer in Cupertino, USA. His responsibilities at Apple include representing the company in the international standards community and actively contributing to the development of standards making sure Apple’s ideas, vision and values are clearly presented in standards. Dimitri’s involvement extends to various Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), including MPEG, AOM, and 3GPP. He is an acknowledged expert in a spectrum of standards, with a particular emphasis on the ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF) and related specifications such as HEIF, MIAF, AVIF, AV1-ISOBMFF, as well as emerging formats in immersive media.
Topics and Speakers
Updates on Open-Caching - by Jason Thibeault. SVTA
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Updates on Common Media Player library - by Casey Occhialini, Paramount
Note that the agenda may still suffer changes both in topics, organizations and presenters.