TVSDK for iOS includes a variety of features and provides the following main capabilities:
VOD and live/linear playback
Management of the playback window, including methods that play, stop, pause, seek, and retrieve the playhead position
Support for full-event replay
Closed captioning (608, WebVTT) and alternate forms of audio for increased accessibility
DVR capability
Adaptive bit rate (ABR) logic and initial set up of ABR controls
Subscription to non-HLS and HLS tags
Live manifest failover support
Advertising
VPAID 2.0
Client-side ad stitching
Seamless ad insertion, including support for VAST/VMAP
Support for custom cue tags for ads
Support for marking, replacing, and deleting C3 ads
Customizable content/ad insertion workflow including blackout signaling
Content protection
Access to digital rights management (DRM)-related services
Playback of HLS streams unencrypted or with Protected HTTP Live Streaming (PHLS)
Resolution-based output control, based on DRM policy
Video and ad tracking
QoS event tracking
Notifications that help TVSDK and your application to communicate asynchronously about the status of videos, advertisements, and other elements, and also that log activity
Integration with Adobe Analytics and heartbeat support