AVstudio Runtime: The Foundation Behind Modern AV Applications

AVstudio Runtime is the software environment that powers AVstudio touch panels, enabling modern web applications to communicate with hardware, access platform services, and leverage capabilities not available in a standard web browser.

Rather than limiting applications to a single control ecosystem, Runtime is built around modern web technologies and open standards. It provides the foundation for deploying HTML5 applications while enabling seamless communication with AV devices, hardware interfaces, and control systems.

What is AVstudio Runtime?

AVstudio Runtime is a core part of the AVstudio ecosystem.

Applications are created in AVstudio NG and then deployed to the appropriate execution environment based on the target device. For Powered by AVstudio touch panels, that environment is AVstudio Runtime.

Runtime executes an application while providing access to the device's hardware features, platform services, local storage, and communication capabilities. It allows modern HTML5 applications to function as complete AV control interfaces without changing how they're developed.

For iPhones, iPads, Android phones, and Android tablets, App Container provides a similar execution environment tailored to those platforms. Together, AVstudio Runtime and App Container extend the AVstudio ecosystem beyond a single device, allowing applications built in AVstudio Editor to be deployed across multiple supported platforms, with each environment providing the capabilities required by its underlying hardware.

Built for Open Integration

Professional AV environments bring together a wide range of devices, services, and control platforms. Displays, DSPs, lighting systems, occupancy sensors, media servers, and automation platforms all need to exchange information reliably. AVstudio Runtime supports that level of integration.

Applications running on Runtime can communicate using technologies such as MQTT, WebSockets, HTTP, and HTTPS, and access platform services and hardware capabilities provided by the underlying device. Runtime also extends HTML5 applications with native communication methods and advanced media capabilities essential to many professional AV deployments.

This allows developers to continue building with modern web technologies while creating applications that integrate naturally into today's AV environments.

A Foundation for the AVstudio Ecosystem

AVstudio Runtime wasn't designed as a standalone product. It was designed as a one part of the AVstudio ecosystem. Each product has a different role, but they work together as a unified platform.

This architecture allows each part of the ecosystem to focus on what it does best. Developers build applications in AVstudio NG using familiar web technologies, while the Runtime is optimized to execute them on dedicated AV hardware. By handling platform services, hardware integration, native communication, and media capabilities at runtime, applications can remain clean, portable, and focused on their intended functionality.

As the AVstudio ecosystem continues to grow, Runtime provides a consistent foundation for deploying applications across supported hardware without changing the way those applications are developed. That separation between development and execution is one of the principles that defines the AVstudio ecosystem.

Looking Ahead

AVstudio Runtime provides the foundation that allows modern HTML5 applications to move beyond development and into real-world deployment.

As the AVstudio ecosystem continues to expand, Runtime will continue to power Powered by AVstudio touch panels while providing the platform capabilities required for modern AV applications.

Want to see AVstudio Runtime in action?

Join us on July 16 at 12:00 PM EST for a live technical walkthrough covering AVstudio NG, Runtime, the AVS-10 Touch Panel, and App Container. We'll demonstrate real workflows, explore the technologies behind the AVstudio ecosystem, and answer your questions live.

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