Time Equals Money

Solekai provides cost-optimized software engineering services and solutions -- exactly when and how you need them.

Our unique combination of experience and skills enables us to consistently deliver successful results:


We bring a high level of quality without a big commitment on your part. Large or small projects, with any degree of complexity.

Engage with us to assist in any or all of the following areas:

  • Specification Development
  • Functional Requirements capture, definition, and maturation
  • Development of Acceptance Test Plan (ATP)
  • Software design, architecture and development
  • UI and hardware abstraction, middleware porting
  • Conditional access (CA) integration
  • Systems Integration
  • User interface design and implementation
  • Testing, validation and/or compliance/certification support and assistance

 

 

Utilities

Custom Bitstreams

“Bitstreams” are Solekai-synthesized transport streams used to drive the test hardware that simulates over-the-air signals. They consist of user-defined elementary streams transmitted over a standard modulator and are generally commissioned by the broadcaster for preliminary and final acceptance testing. They are increasingly important as more functionality is being driven by stream data, such as stream events, service information, and private data streams.

Bitstreams are invaluable to STB manufacturers for integration and testing in preparation of certification, black box testing, and white box testing, as well as in the maturation of a product’s code.

Bitstream development is a highly specialized capability requiring a unique set of skills and a detailed knowledge of testing, software development, set-top box design and operation—and the multitude of standards involved (H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4).

Many clients rely on Solekai’s bitstreams expertise, for instance, DIRECTV has used Solekai-developed bitstreams to test each new set-top box that has come to market since 2002.

Bitstreams—High-Level Overview

Bitstreams Flow Diagram

Bitstreams enable accurate and efficient repeat testing scenarios without expensive production broadcast equipment.

“Solekai gave us a huge head start on the project. They have best in class experience with digital video systems.”

Jack Carey, SVP of Operations,
TV Guide Network