Distributed Playback™ Contents

Introducing the Next Generation of In-Vehicle Infotainment: Distributed Playback™ Contents

Introduction: Closing the gap in IVI ...... 3

Industry trends driving IVI ...... 4

Key features of Distributed Playback™ ...... 6

Field-proven reliability ...... 7

Wide cross-platform support ...... 9

Universal API functions ...... 10

Highly optimized media player ...... 12

Seamless access to online services ...... 13

Economical use of system resources ...... 15

Advanced use cases ...... 17

Industry recognition ...... 22

Conclusions ...... 23

About Cinemo ...... 23

Appendix A: Media formats supported by Cinemo ...... 24

Appendix B: Platforms supported by Cinemo ...... 25

Sources ...... 26

Cinemo GmbH © 2016 by Cinema GmbH. All rights reserved. Kaiserstrasse 72 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany Distributed Playback is a trademark of Cinemo GmbH. [email protected] Any other trademarked names are used for editorial purposes www.cinemo.com only, with no intention of infringing the trademark holder. Introduction: Closing the gap in IVI

This white paper introduces the next-generation of in-vehicle infotainment (IVI): the patented and award-winning Distributed Playback™ technology from Cinemo.

Cinemo ofers automotive-grade embedded middleware that enables fawless multimedia playback, streaming, media management and connectivity. This dramatically extends the possibilities of IVI for automotive OEMs and Tier 1 head unit makers.

As shown in Figure 1, Cinemo’s embedded middleware links a vast array of media and devices to the vehicle’s head unit, either through wired or wireless connections. The head unit can use any popular platform, operating system, chips, media standards, or fle formats.

The innovative Distributed Playback™ feature supports multiple sources, multiple screens, and multiple devices, enabling complete in-vehicle BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). All functions are available to all passengers in the rear seat as well. And any licensed online services can be linked to the IVI as well.

In this way, Distributed Playback™ opens up exciting new capabilities that were never before possible, and closes the gaps in the user experience outside and inside the vehicle.

And it will help OEMs and Tier 1s take advantage of three major industry trends: the connected car, ride sharing, and autonomous vehicles.

Figure 1 Cinemo IVI block diagram, showing how passengers can bring their own devices or access online services

3 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Industry trends driving IVI

Three major trends are driving the need for the next generation of in-vehicle infotainment: the connected car which is always online, the worldwide popularity of ride-sharing services, and the dawn of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles.

Industry trend: The connected car

For most of its history, the automotive industry moved at a somewhat sedate pace. But today, the industry is being re-shaped by technology, especially the notion of the connected car.

Most people think a connected car simply has internet access and an in-vehicle network, likely Wi-Fi. McKinsey goes further, saying that a connected car can “optimize its own operation and maintenance as well as the convenience and comfort of passengers.”1

Consumers are pushing for this faster than many OEMs can respond.

For example, in 2014 Accenture asked 14,000+ consumers around the world about the connected car. The results were dramatic:

t 89% already stream music in their cars, or would like to t 71% surf the Web from a screen in their cars, or would like to t 65% listen to and dictate e-mail in their cars, or would like to

Perhaps the biggest surprise: 2 out of 3 consumers said that when they shop for a car today, in-car technology is more important to them than driving performance. The era of the connected car has clearly arrived. 2

Industry trend: Ride sharing

By now, ride-sharing services like Uber, Lyft, and China’s Didi are mainstream. And these services are changing attitudes about owning cars. For example, close to 10% of Uber users surveyed in London have decided not to buy a car, or to get rid of their existing car.3

And the proportion of Americans who hold driver’s licenses has been dropping, especially among younger people ages 16 to 24.4 Instead, many now rely on ride sharing.

As this trend grows, McKinsey estimates 1 in 10 cars sold in 2030 could be for ride sharing.5

Yet most cars today still lack a signifcant capability. Passengers can easily order a ride using a mobile device; but once inside, they can’t use their devices efectively. Wi-Fi and cell connections are often poor, and the IVI can’t support their devices.

4 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Consumers want to bring their mobile devices into any vehicle, even when getting a lift from Uber or Lyft. The OEMs that meet this need frst will attract buyers, perhaps for entire feets.

Autonomous vehicles will free up billions of hours that many drivers will want to fill with audio, video, and online services.

Industry trend: Autonomous vehicles

Meanwhile, mass-market autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to arrive during the 2020s. By 2030, McKinsey estimates at least 15% of all cars sold will be fully autonomous, and perhaps as many as 50%.6

One factor behind this trend is probably the growing congestion on our roads. Trafc analysis frm Inrix found these numbers for 2015:

t Los Angeles drivers spend 81 hours a year stuck in trafc t San Francisco and Washington, DC: 75 hours t New York: 73 hours

The frm reported that trafc in Europe could be just as bad:

t London drivers sit 101 hours a year in trafc jams t Stuttgart, Germany: 73 hours t Brussels, Belgium: 70 hours t Paris: 45 hours7

The Castrol Start-Stop Index found that drivers in Shanghai are stuck in idle one- third of the time, and in Beijing 27% of the time. Hong Kong was only slightly better. And some of the worst trafc jams in the world are in Jakarta, Indonesia.8

No matter the location, nobody wants to sit in stop-and-go trafc for hours every day.

AVs will free up literally billions of hours for drivers—hours that many will want to fll with in-vehicle audio, video, and online services. The companies that meet this need best will be rewarded with more sales.

5 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Key features of Distributed Playback™

Cinemo can help OEMs and Tiers 1s beneft from the important trends driving the industry. Distributed Playback™ technology provides all these key features:

t Field-proven reliability t Wide cross-platform support t Universal API functions t Highly optimized media player t Seamless access to online services t Economical use of system resources

All these features come together to support exciting new possibilities for advanced front- and rear-seat infotainment and fexible video playback.

The rest of this white paper describes these features and benefts in more detail.

All these features come together to support exciting new possibilities for advanced in-vehicle infotainment

6 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Field-proven reliability It’s easier to design an infotainment system for a living room than an automobile.

As you know, in-vehicle technologies must withstand some of the most punishing conditions on earth. These include:

t Physical stress from bumping, shaking and vibration t Temperature extremes from freezing winter nights to sizzling summer days t Humidity extremes from torrential monsoons to arid desserts t Electromagnetic noise from static, other vehicle systems, and outside interference t Limited bandwidth from in-vehicle networks t Poor internet connections to mobile devices

Yet in-vehicle systems must operate fawlessly for an extended period, surpassing the vehicle’s expected lifespan.

These are not simple challenges to solve. These are regular topics of discussion within industry associations and automotive engineering societies such as the AEC9, AIAG10, EAIG11, FISITA12, and SAE International,13 not to mention the International Congress on Advances in Automotive Electronics.14

Failure is not an option

Rain or shine, drivers depend on their vehicles. By the same token, passengers expect their IVI systems to work properly, no matter what the conditions outside.

All OEMs, Tier 1s, and online service providers seek to deliver top-quality, reliable infotainment. Failure is not an option. Car buyers will not tolerate software that crashes or playback that skips at every bump in the road.

Consider a recent survey from Consumer’s Reports, which criticized many IVI systems for software crashes, freezes, glitches, and slow response to commands. Some unhappy owners called their systems “buggy, clunky, fakey, and sluggish.”15 This is not what any OEM or Tier 1 wants to hear.

If an IVI system does not work reliably, instead of an added incentive to purchase, it can become a convincing reason not to buy a certain model.

7 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Proven in millions of vehicles

Happily, the sustained reliability of Cinemo’s solutions has been proven in the feld. Distributed Playback™ was frst implemented for rear-seat devices in 2012.

Today this technology has been implemented in millions of vehicles from 18 major automakers, including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Toyota.

Cinemo enjoys 100% customer retention, with signed contracts for further integrations in tens of millions of cars over the next fve years.

Cinemo uses its own highly optimized decoder for all popular audio and video codecs. These independence third-party libraries enable fast porting with platform-specifc optimizations to deliver the robustness required in automotive applications.

With this approach, Cinemo controls the entire playback pipeline, down to the exact instant the decoded frame is presented and the audio samples are rendered. This meticulous timing control combined with sophisticated synchronization are core elements that make Cinemo’s Distributed Playback™ technology so reliable.

8 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Wide cross-platform support Few auto makers select one universal platform to deploy across all product lines.

Instead, designers tend to specify the unique features and connectivity required for each diferent model.

For example, development teams may well select one operating system or chipset to meet the price/performance requirements for one model, and then make diferent choices for the next model.

Not all software partners have the fexibility to deal with this.

A completely agnostic approach

No matter which platform and standards an automaker selects, Cinemo likely supports it. Cinemo provides feature-rich solutions that support a vast range of diferent operating systems, chips, multimedia standards, and media fle formats. All supported formats deliver the same automotive-grade quality with the same wide section of advanced features.

This completely agnostic approach extends the range of choices and gives designers the freedom to select the ideal components to match their requirements for each model.

And this portable architecture can be integrated across various vehicle models to save OEMs signifcant development costs.

Support for 250+ platforms and standards

Cinemo supports all popular industry standards that touch on IVI.

For example, we support both open systems such as GENIVI and automotive-grade Linux, as well as proprietary systems such as iOS and Windows.

The full list is too long to include here, so it is shown in two appendixes:

t Appendix A lists more than 200 supported audio- and video-based fles, containers, and disc formats on a wide range of embedded hardware platforms, from AAC-ELD to VCD. t Appendix B lists dozens of supported operating systems, processors, and video hardware acceleration platforms, from Android to TI DCE. Support for other platforms can be added on request.

All told, Cinemo’s modular software enables solutions on more than 250 diferent platforms and standards. This extremely wide cross-platform support means that Distributed Playback™ can be ofered on any vehicle, from entry-level through mid-range to luxury models.

9 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Universal API functions Time is money for any product development team.

That’s especially true in today’s fast-moving feld of IVI. So, it’s critical to work with a partner that provides top-quality APIs.

As you know, an API Figure 2 defnes how one piece of Poor APIs Waste Time and Money software communicates and shares data with another.

APIs are an essential building block of today’s connected world.

But unfortunately, not all APIs are created equal.

If you’re stuck with a software partner with poor APIs, this can mean starting a brand-new development project every time you design an IVI for a new model.

As shown in Figure 2, this forces developers to re-invent the wheel for each new model. This eats up precious resources, delays time-to-market, and jeopardizes sales.

Cinemo saves development time and money

When an automaker or Tier 1 needs to create an Figure 3 IVI system for the next Cinemo’s APIs Save Time and model, Cinemo’s universal Money APIs save steps.

SAVE TIME The modular design & MONEY means that instead of re-inventing the wheel, developers can quickly duplicate features from one project to the next, as shown in Figure 3.

Since the API functions for each IVI platform, operating system, or chipset are virtually identical, programmers can tailor and reuse their existing code base with next-to-no learning curve.

This streamlined process gives OEM and Tier 1 development teams shorter product cycles and faster time-to-market for each new model with Distributed Playback.™

10 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Designers enjoy a vast range of possibilities

The shorter design cycles gained with Cinemo’s APIs do not limit the range of possibilities designers can choose from.

Cinemo’s scalable solutions can be customized to support OEM requirements for:

t Head units t Front- and rear-seat systems t Entry-level cars with simpler requirements for multimedia playback and connectivity t Mid-range models with more features and capabilities t Luxury models with the ultimate IVI systems money can buy

For any commercial project, Cinemo ships the Cinemo SDK (Software Development Kit), a complete set of tested and documented APIs which have been ported, optimized, and validated on the customer’s target platform.

The OEM or Tier 1 can then develop their own applications to ft their own specifcations and interface. Cinemo’s deep pool of technical expertise is always available to help, every step of the way.

11 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Highly optimized media player Every passenger wants crystal-clear playback on any device, no matter its size, shape, or operating system.

Naturally, when several passengers are aboard, some will want to watch the same video on diferent screens.

And if passengers in the front and back seats watch the same video, they expect perfect lip synchronization on all their screens, so that everyone can listen to the soundtrack on the car speakers.

The engine under the hood

Cinemo meets all these expectations with an automotive-grade media player hand-optimized for every IVI where it’s used.

This gives OEMs the best of both worlds. Reusing standard software provides speed and cost-efectiveness. Tuning the media player precisely to each operating system and chipset ensures that all required features are available and highly robust.

Cinemo software provides the “media engine” with audio and video decoders, networking middleware, and APIs that support all the required connectivity and playback functions.

On top of these technologies, the OEM or Tier 1 builds the “skin” or user interface for passengers to interact with, including any required branding and color scheme.

The result is a powerful branded media player that enables any passenger to access virtually any media fle , mobile device, or stream optimized for their enjoyment in any vehicle.

Rigorous 24/7 testing

Every implementation of Cinemo’s software is tested intensely.

Automated test suites run 24/7 on a huge cluster of embedded devices.

Test streams of all supported formats are continuously decoded, with the decoded streams compared to reference results known to be correct. Random errors are inserted into test streams to represent corrupted data.

These tests ensure that Cinemo’s media player can handle any form of corrupted input gracefully, without a crash.

12 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Seamless access to online services Many customers today ask OEMs the same question:

Can we get the same online services in the car as in our living room? Or on the go with our mobile devices?

This is a key area where the consumer experience outside the vehicle has always been superior to the experience inside.

Until now.

Improving the in-vehicle experience

Thanks to Cinemo’s unique software, any passenger can log into a vast assortment of online services. And Distributed Playback™ is the best way to enjoy these services, especially top-quality audio and video streaming.

For the frst time, the user experience inside the vehicle will equal—or even surpass—the experience in the consumer’s living room.

For example, subscribers to any online service can access content—documents, music, pictures or video—from the head unit or from any connected device in the car.

The online service will be organized the same way the subscriber normally sees it, such as by Artists, Genres, New, My Music, Playlists and so on.

Quick and easy access for every passenger

Any passenger can search, browse, and select any content they want to access. Passengers can start a new playback session, and join or leave any current session.

During playback, any passenger on any connected device can use any local controls such as fast forward, seek, rewind, pause, and so on. All passengers in the same session enjoy images perfectly synchronized with audio from the car speakers.

And everyone can use their own devices to access online services, even devices with diferent sizes, shapes, or operating systems.

To make access quick and easy, the subscriber’s credentials are stored by the system. And the current user name can be displayed on-screen, for example, if a subscriber has profles for diferent family members with the same service.

Of course, diferent passengers can log into diferent services at the same time. For example, the left-side passenger can watch a movie from one service, while the right-side passenger listens to music from a diferent service.

13 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Support for an unlimited range of services

Here are some of the popular cloud services from Asia, Europe, and United States that a Cinemo-based IVI can potentially access:

t Amazon Drive t Netfix t Amazon Prime t Niconico t Apple Music t Pandora t AWA t Qobuz t Break.com t QQ Video t Dailymotion t Radical.fm t Deezer t SHOUTcast Radio t Dropbox t Slacker t Flickr t SoundCloud t Google Play Music t Spotify t iHeartRadio t Tudou t Joox t Vimeo t Line Music t Youku t Metacafe t YouTube t MyVideo t and more… t NetEase OEMs set their own licensing terms

It’s still early days for selling cars connected to third-party services.

The industry may adopt a subscription model with revenues shared between OEMs and online service providers. OEMs may choose to sell online services à la carte or in various packages for various models.

All these business decisions are up to our OEM partners. Cinemo simply integrates any desired online service. The company does not recommend any particular business model, licensing terms, or subscription rates for in-vehicle online services.

In other words, each OEM is free to negotiate licensing with any online service and to determine the online service options and costs to their customers.

Cinemo will support whatever options the OEM requests. If Cinemo does not already have an API for an online service required by an OEM, we will quickly provide one.

14 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Economical use of system resources Powerful systems can hog a lot of resources.

If there’s not enough to go around, consumers may have to wait for a spinning cursor while their media loads.

But designing for high throughput costs money. Three key system resources are the CPU chip, RAM memory, and network capacity. These present a tough tradeof.

As you can imagine, an IVI that demands the latest and greatest CPU, a vast amount of RAM, and a gold-plated network will probably run very well. But it will cost more, perhaps more than any OEM or Tier 1 can justify.

On the other hand, the more basic the CPU, the smaller the RAM, and the more modest the network, the less a system will cost. But if consumers are disappointed, the savings won’t be worth it.

This cost-effective design philosophy limits the need for expensive resources such as CPUs, RAM, and bandwidth

A frugal approach to design

Most people who design for power don’t think much about cost. But at Cinemo, we face the tradeofs, by designing for maximum power and minimal cost.

Cinemo’s software makes economical use of CPU, RAM, and network capacity. Yet it still powers never-before-possible functions with Distributed Playback.™

Here are three examples of this cost-efective design philosophy in action:

t The original, compressed media streams are distributed to each client, which decodes them locally to save bandwidth t Cinemo’s latency-compensation software supports an unlimited number of sessions without any special hardware t The unique token-passing network enables any media server to support multiple clients, and any client to become a server for further clients

Innovations like these reduce the processing load on the CPU, limit the RAM required for caching, and lower the demand for bandwidth through the network.

15 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Cutting costs for OEMs and consumers

All these measures work together to limit the need for costly resources. And this design approach achieves a perfect balance on the price-performance dilemma.

As long as the IVI performs to every passenger’s delight, the less it costs, the more attractive it becomes to everyone: OEMs, Tier 1s and consumers alike.

Cinemo’s partners beneft from both unrivaled performance and modest demands for system resources.

16 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Advanced use cases In this intensely competitive industry, OEMs seek unique infotainment features to move ahead of the crowd.

Here are 10 of the advanced use cases—interactions between passengers and the IVI—that are enabled by Cinemo’s Distributed Playback™ technology:

1. Bring your own media 2. Bring your own device (BYOD) 3. Access any connected drive 4. Access any available online service 5. Join any session 6. Listen to either local device or car speakers 7. Select a preferred language 8. Leave any session 9. Use picture-in-picture 10. Create virtual displays

Each use case is explained in more detail below.

As shown in Figure 4, any passenger can use any connected device and any media to perform any of these advanced use cases. All functions are available to all passengers in the rear seat as well, opening up new capabilities that were never before possible.

Any passenger can access any fles on optical disc or Any passenger can access fash media in 200+ formats. any available online service, using their stored credentials. Figure 4 Advanced Use Cases Enabled by Cinemo’s Distributed Playback™

Any passenger can join any playback session with perfect synchronization. Any passenger can access any IVI functions on any mobile device they bring in (BYOD).

17 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com 1. Bring your own media

Any passenger can bring their own media to enjoy, including CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, or fash drives.

For example, the front-seat passenger can plug a USB fash drive with music fles into a USB port on the head unit. The media player will instantly start to index all the songs and present them in a list. If desired, the player can also display the cover art for each song. The front seat passenger can search, browse, and select any song to playback.

If there is a USB port available for the rear-seat passengers, they can accomplish all the same functions.

2. Bring your own device (BYOD)

Any passenger can bring their own Android, iOS, or Windows smartphone or portable device into the car, and connect it to the car’s wireless network (WiFi).

Then they can start the media player and see all the indexed items and current sessions on their own device. Any passenger can search, browse, and select any multimedia track to playback from their own device.

Cinemo can support an unlimited number of portable devices in a vehicle.

Any connected device can access any online service available in the vehicle, perfectly synchronized across all devices

3. Access any connected drive

Any connected device can access the optical disc drive in the head unit, elsewhere in the car, or in any other connected device. Any passenger can then playback songs, multimedia fles, or movies from a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc in that drive.

The passenger has the full DVD user experience, including local controls such as pause, rewind, fast forward, volume, menu, and so on.

4. Access any available online service

Any connected device can access any online service available in the vehicle.

Either in the front seat or rear seat, the passenger has the full user experience for that service, including search, pause, rewind, fast forward, volume, and so on.

18 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com And any other connected device can join any session for any online service. All passengers in the same session enjoys images perfectly synchronized on their devices with audio from the car speakers.

And everyone can use their own devices to access online services, even devices with diferent sizes, shapes, or operating systems.

Of course, diferent passengers can log into diferent services at the same time. For example, the left-side passenger can watch a movie on Netfix while the right-side passenger listens to music on Spotify.

5. Join any session

Any passenger using any device can navigate to the Distributed Playback™ function, and see a list of all current playback sessions. Any passenger can join any session and instantly access the same content as the others in that session. This includes the front-seat passenger, who can select and join any session via the head unit or a connected device.

All content is played back in perfect synchronization with no loss of fdelity for any passenger.

And every passenger sharing a session has full local control of the playback. If one passenger pauses the playback, the session pauses on every device linked to that session.

6. Listen on local device or car speakers

If diferent passengers are listening to diferent sessions, each passenger can listen to the speakers built into their own device, or to earphones plugged into that device.

If all passengers are listening to the same session, both front- and rear-seat passengers can turn of their device speakers and listen to the car speakers driven by the head unit. All sound will remain perfectly synched to the video displayed on any device.

7. Select a preferred language

Every passenger in a session can select their preferred language for a movie. Each passenger can choose a language for subtitles. And while most passengers listen to the movie in one language on the car speakers, any passenger can select a diferent language to listen to on headphones. No matter which language, all the audio for every passenger is perfectly synchronized with the video.

19 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com 8. Leave any session

What if a rear-seat passenger wants to watch or listen to something diferent?

On their local device, they can leave any shared session, and browse all the other sessions running on the network. Or to start a new session. They can listen to the audio on their device speakers or earphones.

9. Use picture-in-picture

Any passenger can also view another stream using the picture-in-picture feature.

For example, a rear-seat passenger may want to monitor a live news or sports event from an online service while watching music videos. The passenger simply enters the size and position of the second window, and which session they want to view or start in that window.

Both windows can display full HD streams with perfect lip synchronization.

10. Create virtual displays

More and more displays are being built into cars, and this trend is bound to continue.

Even if each display is driven by an independent controller and connected only by a network, Distributed Playback™ can merge these displays virtually into one big screen.

Figure X shows a demo setup with three separate tablets connected by Wi-Fi. Each tablet receives and decodes the complete 4K video stream within a Distributed Playback™ session, but renders only one-third of the decoded video frame. The result is a virtual display that fawlessly depicts the complete picture across three separate screens.

20 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com In this way, Cinemo’s Distributed Playback™ technology can bridge the physical boundaries of individual devices and provide a solution for this technological challenge of tomorrow.

Finally, a great user experience, inside the vehicle

These are only some of the possible use cases for passengers, who can use multiple screens or tablets with fexible control of their sessions and instant access to content from any source: fash drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, online service, and so on.

The Distributed Playback technology closes the gap and gives passengers a great user experience inside the vehicle

Until now, customers have been able to do far more with their consumer electronics outside the vehicle than inside. The Distributed Playback™ technology in Cinemo’s software stack closes that gap and gives passengers a great user experience inside the vehicle.

21 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Industry recognition Cinemo’s innovative technology stands out among competitors from around the world, as recognized with seven recent industry awards.

Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Awards

Cinemo has been awarded six CES Innovation awards, including:

t 2014 In-Vehicle Audio/Video Product for Distributed Playback™ t 2014 Embedded Technologies for Distributed Playback™ t 2015 In-Vehicle Accessories/Control/Navigation for both Distributed Connectivity and Distributed Media Management t 2015 In-Vehicle Audio/Video for both Distributed Connectivity and Distributed Media Management

These awards are judged by a panel of industrial designers, engineers, and trade media. Entries are evaluated on engineering, aesthetics and design, intended use, value, and unique/novel features. CES Innovation Award winners include some of the most cutting-edge products and services coming to market.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award

After comparing three competitors, the Frost & Sullivan consulting frm awarded Cinemo the coveted 2014 Global IVI Product Leadership Award.

Cinemo achieved near-perfect scores of 9.4 and 9.8 out of 10 on a wide range of factors, including:

t Operational efciency t Technological sophistication t Reliability and quality t Product/service value t Design and ease of use

“Cinemo has clearly leapfrogged its competitors,” said Frost and Sullivan, noting that the company has a superior product, competitive price, industry partnerships, and a unifed media stack designed to be future-proof.

“Cinemo has brought a critical technology seen across PCs and tablets into the vehicle—the ability to play and manage virtually any media fle, disk, and stream type seamlessly through a vehicle’s IVI system,” said the report.

“Cinemo has a distinct advantage over its other competitors due to the fact that its solution works across diverse automotive brands along with all the difering automotive hardware and software,” concluded Frost & Sullivan. “This type of software is a rarity.”16

22 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Conclusions

This white paper introduced the key features and benefts of the Cinemo Distributed Playback™ technology. This technology means the user experience with mobile devices inside the car can fnally match—or even surpass—what’s available outside.

In particular, Distributed Playback™ enables both front- and rear-seat passengers to bring their own media, bring their own devices (BYOD), access virtually any media fle or available online service, or join any media session currently running in the vehicle.

These capabilities will help position OEMs and Tier 1s to take advantage of three major industry trends: the connected car, ride sharing, and autonomous vehicles. Already, 2 out of 3 consumers say they select models based more on their technology than their driving performance.

To fnd out more about how you can beneft from Cinemo’s Distributed Playback™ technology, please contact our team at [email protected].

About Cinemo

Cinemo is a global leader in automotive-grade solutions for multimedia playback, streaming, media management, and conductivity. Cinemo’s solutions can decode, play, render, stream, manage, and index virtually any fle, disk, connected device, and streaming format.

Designed for the demanding requirements of the automotive industry, Cinemo’s solutions can be seamlessly integrated into entry, mid-level, and high-end vehicle system heads and rear-seat units.

Cinemo also supports the latest automotive apps that enable powerful new use cases such as in-vehicle access to online services and bring your own devices (BYOD). Cinemo’s world-class technology has earned seven industry awards.

Founded in 2008, Cinemo GmbH is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Germany. For more information, please visit www.cinemo.com.

Cinemo GmbH Kaiserstrasse 72 76133 Karlsruhe Germany

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23 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Appendix A: Media formats supported by Cinemo The Cinemo Media Engine supports more than 200 audio and video- based fles, containers, and disc formats on a wide range of embedded hardware platforms, as listed below.

Audio Decoders AAC-ELD, ADPCM, ALAC, AMR-NB/WB, APE, ATRAC3, BSAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, DTS-HD, FLAC, G.711, G.722. 1C, G.726, HE-AAC, HE-AAC V2, LC-AAC, LPCM, MP3 Pro, MPEG Audio Layers I, II and III, Opus, Real Audio, SBC, Speex, Vorbis, WMA Connectivity Android: Android Auto, MTP Apple: iAP, iAP2, CarPlay DLNA: Player, Renderer UPnP: Controller, Player, Server, Renderer File Parsers 3G2, 3GP, AAC, ADTS, AIFF, ADIF, AMR, ASF, AVI, AWB, BMP, CDA, DIVX, DTS, DTS-HD, EC3, EVO, FLAC, FLV, GIF, GSM, JPEG, M2T, M2TS, M4A, M4B, M4V, MKA, MKV, MOV, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPA, MPG, MTS, OGG, OGM, OGV, PNG, QT, RA, RV, RM, RMVB, SBC, SPEEX, TIF, TS, VDR, VOB, VOX, WAV, WMA, WMV, WEBM High-Deﬁnition Optical Media AVCHD Blu-ray: BD Profle 1.1, BD Profle 2.0, BD Profle 5.0, Premium Audio, Codecs (DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio) Content Protection: AACS, BD+, Watermarking Optical Media Disc formats: Audio CD, DTS-CD, VCD, SVCD, DVD-Video, DVD-VR Content protection: CSS, CPRM Playlists Formats: ASX / WAX / WVX / WMX, B4S, iTunes, KAPSULE, M3U, MAGMA, PLS, RAM, RMP, SMIL, WPL, XSPF Subtitles: DVB, DVD, DXSB, IdxSub, LCR, RT, SMI, SSA USF (partial), TTXT, VCD Streaming Protocols: Flash, FTP, HTTP, IP Radio, MMSH, MPEG-TS/PS, UPnP, YouTube Push sources: Bluetooth A2DP (SBC), Digital TV (DVB-T / DMB / ISDB-T), Miracast sink (HDCP), MirrorLink sink, Digital Radio (DAB / DAB+ / DRM / DRM+) Content protection: DTCP-IP Video Decoders AVS, AVS+, Cinepak, DivX, DV, H.263, H.264, H.265, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP, MS- CRAM, MS-MPEG4, RAW, RealVideo 3, RealVideo 4, RFB, Theora, VC-1, VP6, VP8 / WebM, VP9, WMV7/8/9, Xvid Video Hardware Acceleration H.263, H.264, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP, VC-1, VP8 / WebM

24 Introducing Distributed PlaybackTM www.cinemo.com Appendix B: Platforms supported by Cinemo Cinemo’s modular software architecture enables solutions on dozens of diferent operating systems, processors, and video hardware acceleration platforms, as listed below.

Support for other platforms is possible on request.

Operating systems

Android, GENIVI compliant-Linux, INTEGRITY, iOS, Linux (AGL, Debian, Moblin, Tizen, Ubuntu, Wind River), QNX, Windows Embedded Automotive 7, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7 / 8

Processors

Intel Atom and all other x86-based CPUs

ARM Cortex-A8 / A9 / A15-based CPUs, including NEON support (Freescale i.MX51 / i.MX53 / i.MX6, Fujitsu Emerald, NVidia Tegra2 / Tegra3 / K1, Qualcomm ADP, Renesas R-Car H1 / H2 / M2 / E2, Telechips TCC8920 / TCC8931 / TI OMAP3 / OMAP4 / OMAP5 / Jacinto4 / Jacinto5 / Jacinto6

Video acceleration platforms

Intel Atom / GMA500 / Gen7, Freescale i.MX5 / i.MX6 VPU, NVidia ION / Tegra2 / Tegra3 / K1, Renesas R-Car (VCP), TI IVAHD

Video acceleration APIs Built-in: Highly optimized Intel Atom VA and Freescale i.MX6 and VPU / IPU drivers for QNX operating system Third party: Android Stagefright, Freescale VPU, Intel VA-API, Microsoft DXVA2, NVidia nMSDK, NVidia NvMedia, OpenMAX IL, TI DCE

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