LG webOS
Player SDK
The premium video player for your Smart TV apps with Widevine and PlayReady video content protection for HLS & DASH streaming.
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Support All LG webOS Models from 3.0 (2016)
NexPlayer is easily integrated into LG webOS Smart TV apps, enabling you to manage one player for all models, streamlining the go-to-market process.
Protect your content with Hollywood-grade DRM and add third-party solutions, including Analytics, Ad-Insertion, advanced audio, and other unique services.
Learn more about bringing your app to all Smart TVs and Gaming Consoles with NexPlayer SDK.
Powering Top-Tier OTT Apps
NexPlayer is fully customizable for any customer requirement. This is the reason why top-tier companies, such as Bell Media, choose to bring their OTT apps like Crave into the most popular Smart TVs.
NexPlayer reinforces its customer relations with Bell Media featuring the latest market features across all devices.
Customizable player with DRM and Latest Features
As a Certified Widevine Implementation Partner, we offer integration of your player with Widevine and other legacy DRM solutions to provide the best protection for your content.
NexPlayer’s webOS Player SDK is fully customizable. Service providers are able to request additional features when needed, which gives them flexibility in supporting new use cases. We believe in our customers defining our roadmap.
Take advantage of our fast, customized, and multichannel technical support. Our team will always be there to help in case any issue arises.
Premium features on all webOS devices
Premium OTT services can now provide an outstanding user experience thanks to a flexible feature set. These include the latest playback capabilities, advanced DRM content protection and full compatibility with third-party solutions for Client-Side Ad Insertion (CSAI) with VPAID, VMAP, VAST, and Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI), including its corresponding Analytics.
Latest add-ons for webOS Player SDK
| NexPlayer's Advantages over the Native Player |
|---|
Server Side and Client Side Ad Insertion |
New APIs/features implementation |
API to retrieve the video's info (initial buffer time, current buffer time, starting time used) |
Static and dynamic thumbnails |
API to directly work with the videos (ex: add new videos to the queue to ease the fast channel switching or remove videos to release memory) |
Directly modify the code and the player's workflow (with native player you will need to get Samsung's approval each time) |
Support any subtitle formats and custom renderer in order to unify the styling of the subtitle on every platform |
Preferred Audio Codec (prioritize the audio codec that is wanted to be used) |
IMA/PAL SDKs for Client-Side Ad Insertion |
NexPlayer Specifications for LG WebOS
| Video Delivery Formats |
|---|
HLS |
MPEG-DASH |
Progressive Download (MP4) |
| PlayBack |
|---|
VOD |
Live |
| Ad Insertion |
|---|
VAST, VPAID, VMAP |
Pre-Roll, Mid-Roll, Post-Roll |
Client & Server-Side Ad Insertion |
IMA & PAL for Client-Side Ad Insertion |
| MetaData |
|---|
ID3 Tags |
EMSG metadata for fMP4 fragments. |
| Features |
|---|
Unified API |
Pre-integrated and fully customizable UI |
Multiple audio/video tracks |
Prioritize preferred audio codec |
ABR and UHD video (4K and 8K) |
Mute |
Trick Play |
Time-shifting |
DVR Live Streaming |
Picture-in-picture |
Static and Dynamic thumbnails |
Dynamic CDN Switching |
| Subtitles & Closed Captions |
|---|
Web VTT |
CEA-608 |
CEA-708 |
TTML Subtitles |
SRT |
SMPTE-TT (2018+) |
| Protección del contenido |
|---|
Widevine DRM |
PlayReady DRM |
AES 128 |
CENC |
Custom HTTP headers |