Xiaobian Comments: How to Fun with Smart TV

The current television products have basically completed the transition from traditional TVs to smart TVs. In other words, whether you like it or not, you can only start with smart TVs. Of course, the "smart" word of a smart TV is not just a variety of functions. It is also a killer to obtain various resources through the Internet. In this article, the author just talked about how to get a variety of tips to support various sources at no cost.


Third-party application market:

As we all know, the domestic television publishing industry has always been the preserve of the SARFT, and its concern for free Internet resources on television is so profound that any current smart TV manufacturers are more than able to handle network sources, especially free sources. Otherwise it will be closed for minutes. At this time, you must solve the problem through a third-party application. However, if your TV or box can be installed, we know that starting from the end of last year, Ali YunOS will block third-party applications. If you are its user, then you can only Go for cracks, or switch to other camps.


Sofa butler UI

In addition, users of smart terminals in recent years also have a deep understanding, the application market is indispensable for the acquisition and maintenance of third-party applications, but also because of the limitations of radio and television, TV and boxes are their own market They are very weak and can only rely on third-party application market. Nowadays the most famous of these is the sofa butler. The collection of TV applications is very comprehensive, and the update is relatively timely. Of course, it is also an Android application. It can only be used after installing it through USB or remote installation.

Aggregate applications:

With the market after the application is much more convenient, write it here to recommend the specific application of the link. The most popular on television platforms today is the aggregation application. As a one-stop platform that brings together various resources and functions, they have great advantages in ease of use.


Vst aggregation UI

VST all-clustering is the most famous of these kinds of applications. It is also a veteran aggregation platform on the TV platform. After several years of optimization and development, the comprehensiveness of on-demand resources has been greatly enhanced, and live channels have also been included in more detail. Not bad. However, there are too many integrated functions, and even application download management, process management, and other "more than one" type of function, some complicated, UI design and operating logic is relatively messy.


Magic Video UI

In addition, the emerging magic video is a good choice for the aggregation client. It is produced by the famous Moliplayer team, and the function is focused on video-on-demand and live TV. Compared with VST all-in-one, its UI design style is refreshing, and its operation logic and function layout are more In general, there are the same comprehensive on-demand resources and live channels included.

Live application:

In addition to aggregate applications, watching live TV can also be achieved through a number of exclusive applications. The most commonly used one here is television home 2.0, which has a more comprehensive collection of TV channels, the fluency of resources is also good, but compared to the real live TV This kind of webcast source is a little slower for a few minutes.


TV 2.0 UI

In addition, VST has also launched a separate live streaming client, which has the same functionality as VST's all-aggregated live streaming, but it is almost an application that is directly separated from the aggregation client. It does not even have a welcome screen. If there is a delay in resource loading, the application There will be a silent black screen for a while when it is turned on, and the experience is relatively poor.


VST live UI

On-demand applications:


Litchi TV UI

There are independent applications for live broadcast, and of course there are, on demand, and even more. Most of them are TV-version clients launched by major video sites, and they include resources for their own websites, such as Iqiyi's Litchi TV, Tencent video's cloud audio-visual and penguin, etc. .


Cloud Audio/Visual Penguin UI

There are also some third-party applications, such as the well-known high-tech video. It was once the most powerful aggregation client on the TV platform, but it seems to be due to changes in product strategy (the launch of its own box), being named by radio and television, and many other features and resources disappeared in subsequent iterations. Only as a video on demand client, on-demand video source collection is also not as good as before.


Tai Jie Video UI

In addition, it is worth mentioning that users who like ACG can also watch bilibili's resources on TV, but the corresponding TV version b station client has no problems with remote control operation, but it is still in a test state, and there are a lot of missing resources. Lack of many categories and features. The previous classic version of the mobile phone client (also known as Kou Bai), although compatible with the remote control operation, but not specifically adapted, it is difficult to use on the TV. The author suggests that both are installed and used in accordance with actual needs.


B station TV version UI



White UI

TV Browser:

Due to the control of the domestic video industry and other reasons, there are still large blind spots in the resources of the live on-demand clients. Many online video resources are still difficult to watch in time through the TV client. At this time, the TV browser is required to help, and the most powerful one is. It's a TV viewer.


TV Browser UI

Using the TV home browser to watch the video is very simple, enter the video keyword into the search bar on the left, click Baidu search, and then open the corresponding video playback page, the application itself can directly capture the video data stream and play it in full screen. Achieve online ultra-clear level. In fact, as long as it is a flash and html video that can be directly played on a PC browser page, it can be played and crawled, and even includes live broadcasts of various sports events without plug-in sources.

summary:

After reading the above explanation, do you think your TV or box has become stronger? In fact, as a new home multimedia center, smart TVs and TV boxes still have a lot of potential to be tapped by developers and users. Expanding film sources is just one aspect. In addition, it needs to be reminded that because of the complexity of distribution of various copyrights and channels in the domestic video industry, it is impossible to rely on a single application to achieve more comprehensive coverage, whether it is on-demand or live broadcast. Even if it is a domestically overlapping application, it will be more than necessary to reduce the collection of resources. The dead end, as much as possible to enhance the use of the experience.