Custom wallpapers
Dynamic themes
Full youtube support
3D Blu Rays
Better friends list
Folders
Touch pad integration with the web browser
MP3 MPEG Layer 3 = MP3 is now in the Intellectual property Notices for the PS4
DLNA CVP2
MKV
Pausing Downloads (yes it can't do that)
Mandatory supported DLNA codecs and containers here. PS4 and XB1 will support these as they are also servers for handhelds in the home.
MPEG Layer 3 = MP3 was in the Intellectual property Notices for the PS4 before this update
Protocol buffers from Google is in the PS4
LIBusr
sctp I think is new and
it supports IPTV multi-streaming which will be a required feature for DLNA CVP2
Where is:
3D Video Chat AOAC with industry standards and calling to all platforms
Calender/appointment/reminder
Contact list
Log/Memo/history with edit
(all the above with the ability to share information and sync to PCs)
Browser shortcuts on the Desktop/XMB
Smart Home Apps with AOAC hooks
We all know how trustzone processors that manage Hardware codecs work right? We all understand how the HTML5 <video> and EME work right; Non commercial video uses the open world side of the Trustzone processor and EME extensions allow hooks to the secure managed side of the Trustzone processor for DRM using the same hardware codecs/memory/processor. It follows that blu-ray will use the hardware codecs also right? Netflix will eventually use the same hardware codecs too right?
In
DLNA.ORG the mandated codecs include HEVC h.265
Shouldn't Sony and Microsoft supporting 3D Blu-ray mean that the routines supporting 3D in the hardware codec are available for Chat, HTML5 <video> and apps like Netflix? HEVC support for Netflix will also be used for 4K blu-ray and HTML5 <video> as well as Chat.... All this means is when one is supported the others should follow on very quickly. This is obvious given hardware codec support...
Included in one of the firmware updates Since I checked last is LIBusr
sctp and
it supports IPTV multi-streaming which will be a required feature I've mentioned for Cable TV to save bandwidth and in the short term to support Live IPTV from an event like E3, Gamescom or Live sporting events....
Netflix has been supporting local cache in Cable TV data centers Called Open Connect since July 2013 to increase performance and eliminate region to region traffic. This does not include Comcast "
Comcast is not using a Netflix Open Connect box that Netflix uses on some ISP networks to help cache content and cut bandwidth costs for delivering its traffic." but Comcast has signed a Peer to Peer agreement with Netflix.
Netflix average speed from 2013 and 2014. Comcast has increased while Verizon has decreased. I suspect that Verizon is not adding additional Region to region interfaces to keep up with growth