A one-page reference of the tvOS stack (Swift/SwiftUI, AVPlayer, FairPlay, TVMLKit deprecation, tvOS 18 SDK), the Fire TV split (Fire OS = Android/ExoPlayer/Widevine; the new Vega OS = Linux/React Native/W3C EME, no sideloading), the DRM + packaging map (FairPlay over HLS with cbcs, encrypt-once CMAF signalled HLS + HLS/DASH, HDCP 2.2), and the store-commission numbers (Apple 15-30% IAP; Amazon 20-30% IAP + 10% AWS credits).
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The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This spec sheet covers the Apple TV and Fire TV stacks, from tvOS and AVPlayer to Fire OS and Vega OS, with the DRM, packaging and store-commission numbers. Our seven-volume handbook covers the full video stack; start with Volume 3 for players and DRM, then Volume 2 for HLS, DASH and CMAF packaging, and Volume 1 for encoding. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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